Hodges D Soileau Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Hodges D Soileau Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 16, 2024
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Black Hawk"
Est: $100 - $1,000
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Black Hawk" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Black Hawk Commemorative Cover postmarked April 10, 1982. Black Hawk achieved fame as a warrior and an early follower of Tecumseh. He attempted to organize other tribes into an alliance to stop further settlement of the Illinois country. In the War of 1812 he sided with the British, and when that ended he refused to recognize the treaty which called for his tribe to move west of the Mississippi. After several years of uneasy peace between the Sauks and border settlers, the Illinois militia forced Black Hawk to move his people west of the river. Early in April 1832, he attempted to return to Illinois. On April 10, General Henry Atkinson discovered that Black Hawk had crossed the river with more than a thousand Sauks and Foxes -- warriors, old men, women and children. Although this was a migration rather than an armed invasion, General Atkinson and the settlers viewed the movement as hostile, and on that day began the Black Hawk War. Black Hawk routed the brigades of militia on May 14 and won other minor skirmishes, but was soundly defeated August 2, 1832, at the mouth of the Bad Axe in Wisconsin. He surrendered at Fort Crawford, and soon afterward the Sauks formally ceded all their lands to the United States. Black Hawk now became a celebrated prisoner of war. Several famous artists, including George Catlin and Charles Bird King, painted portraits of the chief. Washington Irving paid a visit, and described him as having "a fine head, a Roman style of face, and a prepossessing countenance." After his release he lived in Iowa, dying there October 3, 1838. Image Size: 14.5 x 11.25 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.25 in. Unframed. (B07512)
Helmuth Stone
Jun. 16, 2024
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Red Cloud"
Est: $100 - $1,000
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Red Cloud" Signed lower middle. Original Oil painting on Canvas laid on Foam Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 10c Red Cloud stamp issued on August 15, 1987. Born in 1822 on Blue Creek in Nebraska, Red Cloud earned a reputation as a warrior, diplomat and leader. Described as a natural born gentleman, he led an independent band in the 1860's, and was eventually accepted as leader of the Oglala Sioux -- the largest Teton Sioux tribe. Throughout this period the Oglala dominated the rich Powder River hunting grounds of Wyoming and Montana. Meanwhile, as the Civil War raged eastward, John Bozeman was sent to map a trail through Oglala territory to the Montana goldfields. Red Cloud strongly opposed the route and the three forts built along the trail. He kept relentless pressure on the government and the forts until he succeeded in forcing their abandonment. He won both victory and peace with the treaty he signed on November 6, 1868. In his later years, Red Cloud continued to lead the Oglalas, and on October 7, 1878 he established the Sioux Agency. Blind and ailing, he died December 10, 1909. Image Size: 10.25 x 13.25 in. Overall Size: 13.25 x 16.25 in. Unframed. (B11202)
Helmuth Stone
Jan. 07, 2024
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $380 - $475
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 13, 2023
Hodges Soileau "Study Of Women" Pastel & Oil
Est: $200 - $400
Framed Hodges Soileau ( American, 1943) "Study Of Women" Pastel & Oil Painting. Paper framed 8 inches x 7.25 inches. Framed 17.25 inches x 16.25 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Jul. 02, 2023
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $425 - $525
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 04, 2023
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Portrait of a Girl"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Portrait of a Girl w/ Cat" Oil on Canvas. Signed lower left. Sight Size: 18 x 14 in. Overall Framed Size: 19.75 x 15.75 in.
Helmuth Stone
May. 26, 2023
HODGES SOILEAU (B. 1943) OIL ON CANVAS BOARD
Est: $50 - $1,000
Beach view. Signed and dated '92 lower left. Dimensions: (Frame) H 14" x W 17.75" (Sight) H 7" x W 10.75" Condition: Slipped a little bit in the frame and a few spots to the linen mat and frame.
Westport Auction
May. 20, 2023
Hodges Soileau (b 1943) American, Pastel
Est: $300 - $600
Titled "Millbrook Deli" in New York, pastel, signed lower right. Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana, leaving after graduating from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. He now paints subjects that are of interest to him, and finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth as an artist. Overall size: 15 1/2 x 18 in. Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. #3243 #30
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 20, 2023
Hodges Soileau (b 1943) American, Pastel
Est: $300 - $600
Autumnal / Winter Landscape with homestead, pastel, signed lower left. Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana, leaving after graduating from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. He now paints subjects that are of interest to him, and finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth as an artist. Overall size: 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. Image size: 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. #1159 Location KB3
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 20, 2023
Hodges Soileau (b 1943) American, Pastel
Est: $300 - $600
Titled "Astor Place", pastel, signed lower left, depicts an urban newspaper stand on a busy morning. Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana, leaving after graduating from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. He now paints subjects that are of interest to him, and finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth as an artist. Overall size: 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. Image size: 9 x 10 3/4 in. #3260 #31
Sarasota Estate Auction
Apr. 09, 2023
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $450 - $600
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 16, 2023
Hodges Soileau "Study Of Women" Pastel & Oil
Est: $200 - $400
Framed Hodges Soileau American, 1943 "Study Of Women" Pastel & Oil Painting. Paper framed 8 inches x 7.25 inches. Framed 17.25 inches x 16.25 inches.
Greenwich Auction
Jan. 02, 2023
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $450 - $600
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 18, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) watercolor painting
Est: $425 - $550
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Lone Wolf YEAR: 1982 MEDIUM: watercolor and acrylic on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120057 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Sep. 11, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) watercolor painting
Est: $450 - $600
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Lone Wolf YEAR: 1982 MEDIUM: watercolor and acrylic on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120057 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $500 - $650
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 SHIPPING: Third Party Shipping Required BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 12, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Lone Wolf YEAR: 1982 MEDIUM: watercolor and acrylic on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120057 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 17, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 13, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) watercolor painting
Est: $475 - $625
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Lone Wolf YEAR: 1982 MEDIUM: watercolor and acrylic on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120057 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 22, 2022
†Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), Pair of Portraits, "Madame Errazuriz," after John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), oil on board, titled..
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), Pair of Portraits, "Madame Errazuriz," after John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), oil on board, titled across the top, signed lower left, presented in a polychromed frame, H.- 9 in., W.- 7 1/8 in; and "Portrait of a Hirsute Man," 20th c., oil on board, presented in a mahogany frame, H.- 6 3/8 in., W.- 4 1/2 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Jan. 02, 2022
Hodges Soileau (LA,FL,b 1943) oil painting
Est: $525 - $675
ARTIST: Hodges D Soileau (Louisiana, Florida, born 1943) NAME: Pontiac YEAR: 1981 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cm BOARD SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cm SIGNATURE: lower right NOTE: This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation (has original gallery label on verso) CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119477 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Nov. 14, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Lone Wolf" W/C
Est: $200 - $300
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Lone Wolf" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. Image Size: 15 x 11.75 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B06231)
Helmuth Stone
Sep. 26, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Pontiac" Original
Est: $200 - $300
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Pontiac" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. Image Size: 14 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07037)
Helmuth Stone
Jun. 06, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Lone Wolf" W/C
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Lone Wolf" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. Image Size: 15 x 11.75 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B06231)
Helmuth Stone
Apr. 18, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Little Wolf"
Est: $300 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Little Wolf" Signed lower middle. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork originally appeared on the Fleetwood Little Wolf Commemorative Cover Postmarked February 18, 1982. Born in Montana in the early 1820's, Little Wolf was one of the ablest military tacticians of the Northern Cheyenne. During the siege of Fort Phil Kearny in 1866, he probably taught young Crazy Horse some of the arts of decoying soldiers. After the soldiers withdrew from Fort Phil Kearny in August 1868, Little Wolf led the warriors who torched the buildings. Ten years later he again tasted victory, this time against Custer on the Little Bighorn. During the following months, the Army pursued the Cheyenne relentlessly, and on November 25, 1876, Colonel Ranald McKenzie attacked Dull Knife's village on Powder River in Wyoming. In the fierce fighting Little Wolf was wounded seven times. Although many Cheyenne escaped, they were without means of survival and were soon forced to surrender. In the summer of 1877, Little Wolf and Dull Knife with about 1,000 Northern Cheyenne were sent to Indian Territory. In that vastly different climate, without medicines or adequate rations, they began to die. Little Wolf and Dull Knife fled northward on September 10, 1878, with about 300 followers. Their epic 1500-mile flight across the Plains, pursued by thousands of soldiers and civilians, rivals that of the Nez Perce a year earlier. After crossing the North Platte, they split into two groups, one following Dull Knife to Fort Robinson, the other continuing with Little Wolf to their old homeland along Tongue River. There in 1884 they were at last given a reservation, Little Wolf living until well into his eighties. Image Size: 14.5 x 13 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07363)
Helmuth Stone
Apr. 18, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Osceola"
Est: $350 - $700
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Osceola" Signed lower left. Original Mixed Media painting on Water Color Paper Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood Osceola Commemorative Cover postmarked October 22, 1981. The most famous leader of the Seminoles was Osceola, recognized as a great warrior before he was twenty. He acquired a large following during the Seminole resistance against efforts to remove them from Florida to Indian Territory. It is fairly certain that Osceola's people moved into Florida early in the 19th century. A branch of the Creek tribe, the Seminoles favored the area around Tampa Bay. By the 1830's, Osceola was living near present-day Ocala and was leader of a resistance movement. When the U.S. began applying military pressure to force the Seminoles to move west of the Mississippi, the Indians rose up against the small forts on December 28, 1835, killing agent Wiley Thompson and ambushing a detachment of 110 men under Major F.L. Dade, starting a full-scale war. After General Thomas Jesup captured two important Seminole chiefs, Osceola requested a conference. He met with General Joseph Hernandez on October 22, 1837, under a truce flag. Acting on Jesup's orders, Hernandez violated the truce and seized Osceola and 95 of his people, imprisoning them at St. Augustine. Osceola was later removed to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, where he became a symbol of Indian mistreatment, winning the sympathy of many Americans. George Catlin and other artists visited the prison to paint his portrait. On January 31, 1838, Osceola died either by his own will or from a secret poison. Image Size: 14.75 x 11.75 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07431)
Helmuth Stone
Feb. 21, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Sitting Bull"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Sitting Bull" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood Sitting Bull Commemorative Cover postmarked March 31, 1983. Of all American Indians, none is so well known as Sitting Bull, the outstanding leader and holy man of the Teton Sioux. Born on Grand River in South Dakota in the 1830's (March 31, 1834 is one conjecture), he was of the Hunkpapa subtribe. Like most of his tribesmen, Sitting Bull avoided the whites who came from the East. Then in 1863 and 1864, after the Santee Sioux uprising, soldiers marched on punitive expeditions onto the Dakota plains, and Sitting Bull was forced into military action. A seeker of visions, a singer of songs, an accomplished artist, a warrior and a prophet, Sitting Bull was also one of the first to link the survival of his people with the buffalo. He led his followers westward into the buffalo-rich Powder River country where he joined Red Cloud in driving soldiers from forts along the Bozeman Trail. Then he moved northward to the Yellowstone valley, uniting tribes who defied the reservation system. On June 25, 1876, Custer found Sitting Bull and his followers camped on the Little Big Horn. As a result of the warriors' victory, so many military expeditions were sent in pursuit of the Indians that Sitting Bull fled to Canada. On July 19, 1881, he returned to the U.S., surrendered as a prisoner of war, and was released to join his people on the Standing Rock reservation. On December 15, 1890, during the turbulence of the Ghost Dance movement, he was shot to death when reservation authorities attempted to place him under arrest. Image Size: 15.25 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 19.25 in. Unframed. (B06969)
Helmuth Stone
Feb. 21, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Duke Ellington"
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Duke Ellington" Signed lower left. Original Original Oil painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 22c Duke Ellington stamp issued April 29, 1986. Edward Kennedy Ellington, born April 29, 1899, in Washington D.C., was known to his childhood friends as "the Duke." He began studying piano at the age of seven, and by the time he had reached his teens, was greatly influenced by ragtime pianists. At the age of seventeen, Duke Ellington began his professional career. In 1923 he moved to New York where he led a small group of musicians, who later became the core of his big band. Duke Ellington's first important engagement came just three years later when he and his raspy jazz ensemble performed at the world-renowned Cotton Club in Harlem. After becoming quite successful at the club, Ellington's band made its first European tour in 1932. The golden era for the band was from 1939 to 1942, when many critics considered its performances unrivaled by any other jazz ensemble. As a composer, Ellington was responsible for numerous works that achieved popular success ... and he believed that his orchestra was the truest expression of his creative vision. Indeed, although he was known as an innovative jazz pianist, Duke Ellington's real importance lay in the wonderful music he composed. During his lifetime, he created more than nine hundred compositions. Image Size: 15.75 x 13.75 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B10172)
Helmuth Stone
Feb. 21, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) Cochise - Indian Chief
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Cochise - Great American Indian Chief" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 60c Cochise stamp issued February 1, 1999. One of the best known leaders of the Chiricahua Apaches was Cochise, described by a white friend as "six feet tall and straight as an arrow." From his youth Cochise was a close associate of his father-in-law Mangas Coloradas, and like Mangas he was friendly with Anglo-Americans until he was betrayed in February 1861. A child had been kidnapped from a ranch near Apache Pass. Lieutenant George Bascom suspected Cochise and ordered him to come in for questioning. Cochise complied, believing the soldiers knew as he did that a band of Coyoteros had kidnapped the boy, and that the Chiricahuas had nothing to do with it. Bascom informed Cochise that he was under arrest, to be held as hostage for return of the child. Cochise managed to escape. From that day he became an enemy of the whites, joining Mangas in numerous raids and leading his warriors in the famed ambush of the California Volunteers in Apache Pass. Other targets were stagecoaches and mail carriers. One day the mail contractor, Tom Jeffords, boldly rode into Cochise's camp and asked for a personal treaty. Cochise was so impressed by the man's courage that he honored the request. After that, mail carriers were never molested, and Jeffords and Cochise became close friends. In 1872 when the government sought to pacify the Chiricahuas by assigning them a reservation in their Dragoon Mountains homeland, Cochise agreed provided that Jeffords was appointed agent. After this, Cochise remained a man of peace until his death, June 8, 1874. Image Size: 14.5 x 11.25 in. Overall Size: 22.25 x 18.25 in. Unframed. (B16254)
Helmuth Stone
Feb. 21, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Chief Little Crow"
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Pontiac" Signed lower middle. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which appeared on the Fleetwood Little Crow Commemorative Cover Postmarked February 18, 1982. Little Crow was chief of the Mdewakanton tribe of Santee Sioux. Early in his career, a drunken brother wounded him severely in both arms, permanently crippling Little Crow's hands. By the mid-1800's Little Crow's leadership was recognized by most of the Sioux who lived in the valleys of the Minnesota and upper Mississippi Rivers. To keep the peace and make room for white settlers eager for Sioux land, he reluctantly joined with other chiefs in signing a treaty with the U.S. on August 5, 1851. The treaty ceded millions of acres for formation of the State of Minnesota, leaving the Santee Sioux with a reservation along both sides of the Minnesota River and a promise from the government to pay them annuities for fifty years. A delay in payment combined with a crop failure in 1862 led to a sudden outbreak of violence by four hungry Sioux. Little Crow warned his people that war would be disastrous, yet the next morning he led the warriors in an attack upon Fort Ridgely, and the bloody Sioux War of 1862 was underway. From the beginning, Little Crow condemned indiscriminate killing of settlers, and after he was wounded he strongly opposed the assault upon New Ulm. As he had earlier predicted, General H. H. Sibley defeated his warriors at Wood Lake on September 23, and the chief and many of his followers fled westward or to Canada. In June 1863, when Little Crow returned with his son to his beloved Minnesota Big Woods, he was killed and his son was captured by two revengeful settlers. Image Size: 15.25 x 13 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07233)
Helmuth Stone
Jan. 03, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Little Wolf"
Est: $300 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Little Wolf" Signed lower middle. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This artwork originally appeared on the Fleetwood Little Wolf Commemorative Cover Postmarked February 18, 1982. Born in Montana in the early 1820's, Little Wolf was one of the ablest military tacticians of the Northern Cheyenne. During the siege of Fort Phil Kearny in 1866, he probably taught young Crazy Horse some of the arts of decoying soldiers. After the soldiers withdrew from Fort Phil Kearny in August 1868, Little Wolf led the warriors who torched the buildings. Ten years later he again tasted victory, this time against Custer on the Little Bighorn. During the following months, the Army pursued the Cheyenne relentlessly, and on November 25, 1876, Colonel Ranald McKenzie attacked Dull Knife's village on Powder River in Wyoming. In the fierce fighting Little Wolf was wounded seven times. Although many Cheyenne escaped, they were without means of survival and were soon forced to surrender. In the summer of 1877, Little Wolf and Dull Knife with about 1,000 Northern Cheyenne were sent to Indian Territory. In that vastly different climate, without medicines or adequate rations, they began to die. Little Wolf and Dull Knife fled northward on September 10, 1878, with about 300 followers. Their epic 1500-mile flight across the Plains, pursued by thousands of soldiers and civilians, rivals that of the Nez Perce a year earlier. After crossing the North Platte, they split into two groups, one following Dull Knife to Fort Robinson, the other continuing with Little Wolf to their old homeland along Tongue River. There in 1884 they were at last given a reservation, Little Wolf living until well into his eighties. Image Size: 14.5 x 13 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07363)
Helmuth Stone
Jan. 03, 2021
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Pontiac"
Est: $200 - $300
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Pontiac" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. Image Size: 14 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07037)
Helmuth Stone
Nov. 15, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Cochise"
Est: $250 - $450
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Cochise" Signed lower middle. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Cochise Commemorative Cover postmarked October 11, 1981. One of the best known leaders of the Chiricahua Apaches was Cochise, described by a white friend as "six feet tall and straight as an arrow." From his youth Cochise was a close associate of his father-in-law Mangas Coloradas, and like Mangas he was friendly with Anglo-Americans until he was betrayed in February 1861. A child had been kidnapped from a ranch near Apache Pass. Lieutenant George Bascom suspected Cochise and ordered him to come in for questioning. Cochise complied, believing the soldiers knew as he did that a band of Coyoteros had kidnapped the boy, and that the Chiricahuas had nothing to do with it. Bascom informed Cochise that he was under arrest, to be held as hostage for return of the child. Cochise managed to escape. From that day he became an enemy of the whites, joining Mangas in numerous raids and leading his warriors in the famed ambush of the California Volunteers in Apache Pass. Other targets were stagecoaches and mail carriers. One day the mail contractor, Tom Jeffords, boldly rode into Cochise's camp and asked for a personal treaty. Cochise was so impressed by the man's courage that he honored the request. After that, mail carriers were never molested, and Jeffords and Cochise became close friends. In 1872 when the government sought to pacify the Chiricahuas by assigning them a reservation in their Dragoon Mountains homeland, Cochise agreed provided that Jeffords was appointed agent. After this, Cochise remained a man of peace until his death, June 8, 1874. Image Size: 15.25 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 19.25 in. Unframed. (B07413)
Helmuth Stone
Nov. 15, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Geronimo"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Geronimo" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Geronimo Commemorative Cover postmarked September 4, 1982. Geronimo was born about 1829 on the Gila River in Arizona. He was named Goyathlay, the One Who Yawns, but after Mexican raiders slew several members of his family in 1850, he became so fierce that the Mexicans called him Geronimo. Soon his own people were using the name as a battle cry. His people joined forces with other small groups of Apaches, including the Mimbrenos of Mangas Coloradas and the Chiricahuas of the famed Cochise. Not until the 1870's did Geronimo come into public notice as a powerful Apache leader. On April 21, 1877, John P. Clum, an Indian agent, entrapped Geronimo at Ojo Caliente. This was the first and only time in his life that he was captured. Reservation life was distasteful to the free-roaming Chiricahuas and, on April 4, 1878, Geronimo led a breakout from San Carlos Reservation. After voluntarily returning, he led a second breakout on May 17, 1885. General George Crook pursued Geronimo relentlessly, and on September 23, 1887 the aging warrior surrendered -- only to change his mind a few days later and flee into Mexico. At last on September 4, 1887, Geronimo surrendered to General Nelson Miles and with many of his warriors and their families was sent to imprisonment in Florida and Alabama. Although he lived until February 17, 1909, Geronimo never returned to his homeland in Arizona. He spent his last years dictating his autobiography and occasionally visiting fairs and other public exhibitions. He was the last of the great Apache war chiefs. Image Size: 15.25 x 13.5 in. Overall Size: 21.25 x 19.25 in. Unframed. (B06815)
Helmuth Stone
Nov. 15, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Little Raven"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Little Raven" Signed lower left. Original Mixed Media painting on Foam Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Little Raven Commemorative Cover postmarked February 18, 1985. Little Raven was born on the Platte River in Nebraska. After his father died, Little Raven inherited the leadership of the Arapaho bands who occupied eastern Colorado. Little Raven's leadership covered the most critical period for the Arapahos, the survival of the tribe being sometimes in doubt when they were challenged by pressures from their allies as well as from white settlers who wanted their territory. At first, Little Raven chose a peaceful compromise, signing the Treaty of Fort Wise on February 18, 1861. In this treaty Little Raven relinquished claims to a vast territory. He agreed to settle on a reservation along the upper Arkansas River and to live by farming instead of hunting. When government officials failed to keep the the treaty, the Arapahos were forced to leave the reservation to hunt buffalo in order to keep from starving. Little Raven's roving warriors became involved in conflicts that came to a climax with the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, when Little Raven offered his people as prisoners of war. During the following two years he kept the Southern Arapahos together by taking them south of the Arkansas River where they were out of the mainstream of white settlement. When the government summoned the Southern Plains leaders to a council at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Little Raven was one of the principal advocates for peace. Little Raven signed the Medicine Lodge Treaty October 28, 1867. He died on his reservation in Indian Territory during the winter of 1889. Image Size: 14 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B06905)
Helmuth Stone
Nov. 15, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Sequoyah"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Sequoyah" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Sequoyah Commemorative Cover postmarked February 21, 1983. Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, was probably born about 1770, near Fort Loudon on the Tennessee River. From childhood Sequoyah lived among the Cherokees. Although he knew no English, he was fascinated by the whites' method of transmitting information over long distances with writing, and their ability to accumulate knowledge with printed words. About 1809 he began experimenting with an alphabet for the Cherokee language, but his work was interrupted by the Creek War of 1813-14. Along with other Cherokees he served as a soldier under Andrew Jackson against the Creeks. Returning to his Cherokee alphabet after the war, Sequoyah eventually devised eighty-six written characters, each representing one of the syllables of the tribe's spoken language. The syllabary proved to be easy to learn and was officially adopted by the tribe. In 1827 the Cherokee leaders ordered printing types cast of Sequoyah's alphabet, purchased a press, and on February 21, 1828, the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix was published, a unique event in American Indian history. During that year Sequoyah was invited to Washington where government officials presented him with an award, and Charles Bird King painted his portrait. His last years were spent in a search for the "lost" Cherokees, a group who had migrated to Mexico. He died near Matamoras sometime in 1843. Among the memorials to Sequoyah's genius are the giant trees of California that were given his name, a national park, and a statue in the national capitol. Image Size: in. Overall Size: in. Unframed. (B06904)
Helmuth Stone
Nov. 14, 2020
Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), "Portrait of a Hirsute Man," 20th c., oil on board, presented in a mahogany frame, H.- 6 3/8 in.,...
Est: $250 - $350
Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), "Portrait of a Hirsute Man," 20th c., oil on board, presented in a mahogany frame, H.- 6 3/8 in., W.- 4 1/2 in.; framed H.- 13 in., W.- 11 1/4 in., D.- 1 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Nov. 14, 2020
Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), "Madame Errazuriz," after John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), oil on board, titled across the top, si...
Est: $250 - $350
Hodges Soileau (1943-, American), "Madame Errazuriz," after John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), oil on board, titled across the top, signed lower left, presented in a polychromed frame, H.- 9 in., W.- 7 1/8 in.; framed H.- 16 in., W.- 14 1/4 in., D.- 1 in.
Crescent City Auction Gallery
Oct. 14, 2020
Hodges Soileau (American, b.1943) Wiscasset Rosesoil on board, signed lower left, circa 1960,
Est: £150 - £200
Hodges Soileau (American, b.1943) Wiscasset Roses oil on board, signed lower left, circa 1960, in modern frame 5 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (13 x 16.5cm) *Condition: Good condition, with no faults.
Martel Maides
Oct. 04, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Chief Little Crow"
Est: $300 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Pontiac" Signed lower middle. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Little Crow Commemorative Cover Postmarked February 18, 1982. Little Crow was chief of the Mdewakanton tribe of Santee Sioux. Early in his career, a drunken brother wounded him severely in both arms, permanently crippling Little Crow's hands. By the mid-1800's Little Crow's leadership was recognized by most of the Sioux who lived in the valleys of the Minnesota and upper Mississippi Rivers. To keep the peace and make room for white settlers eager for Sioux land, he reluctantly joined with other chiefs in signing a treaty with the U.S. on August 5, 1851. The treaty ceded millions of acres for formation of the State of Minnesota, leaving the Santee Sioux with a reservation along both sides of the Minnesota River and a promise from the government to pay them annuities for fifty years. A delay in payment combined with a crop failure in 1862 led to a sudden outbreak of violence by four hungry Sioux. Little Crow warned his people that war would be disastrous, yet the next morning he led the warriors in an attack upon Fort Ridgely, and the bloody Sioux War of 1862 was underway. From the beginning, Little Crow condemned indiscriminate killing of settlers, and after he was wounded he strongly opposed the assault upon New Ulm. As he had earlier predicted, General H. H. Sibley defeated his warriors at Wood Lake on September 23, and the chief and many of his followers fled westward or to Canada. In June 1863, when Little Crow returned with his son to his beloved Minnesota Big Woods, he was killed and his son was captured by two revengeful settlers. Image Size: 15.25 x 13 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07233)
Helmuth Stone
Oct. 04, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Lone Wolf"
Est: $300 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Lone Wolf" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Lone Wolf Commemorative Cover postmarked February 26, 1982. Guipago, or Lone Wolf, was one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty which placed the Kiowas on a reservation in Indian Territory, but he found it difficult to abandon buffalo hunting for farming. After the Army imprisoned Satanta in 1871 for raiding in Texas, Lone Wolf became the leading Kiowa chief. Lone Wolf informed the U.S. commissioners that Satanta's presence on the reservation was necessary to keep the peace, and in this way he obtained Satanta's release from prison. Lone Wolf's inclination toward peace ended in 1873 when his son was killed by Texans while returning from a traditional horse-stealing expedition into Mexico. Swearing to avenge the young man's death, Lone Wolf rode in search of his body, and thereafter initiated many of the raids that brought on the Red River War of 1874-75. He joined Quanah Parker in attacking buffalo hunters at Adobe Walls, June 27, 1874, and then joined the Comanches in the Palo Duro Canyon stronghold. On September 26, 1874, Ronald Mackenzie drove the Indians out of the Palo Duro, destroying their winter supplies and 1,400 of their horses. On February 25, 1875, Lone Wolf brought the remnants of his starving followers into Fort Sill and surrendered. With 25 other Kiowas he was sent on May 1 to Fort Marion, Florida. Three years later, ill with malaria, he was allowed to return to the Kiowa reservation. There he died in 1879. Image Size: 15 x 11.75 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B06231)
Helmuth Stone
Aug. 23, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Duke Ellington"
Est: $250 - $500
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Red Cloud" Signed middle right. Original Oil painting on Canvas laid on foam board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 22c Duke Ellington stamp issued April 29, 1986. Edward Kennedy Ellington, born April 29, 1899, in Washington D.C., was known to his childhood friends as "the Duke." He began studying piano at the age of seven, and launched his professional career at seventeen. In 1923, he moved to New York where he led a small group of musicians who later became the core of his big band. Duke Ellington's first important engagement came in 1927, when his raspy jazz ensemble performed at the Cotton Club in Harlem. As a composer, Ellington was responsible for numerous works that achieved popular success ... and he believed that his orchestra was the truest expression of his creative vision. Indeed, Duke Ellington's real importance lay in the wonderful music he composed. During his lifetime, he created more than 900 compositions rich with lush melodies and complex rhythms. Image Size: 9.25 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 13.5 x 16.75 in. Unframed. (B10170)
Helmuth Stone
Aug. 23, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Pontiac"
Est: $200 - $400
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Pontiac" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting appeared on the Fleetwood Pontiac Commemorative Cover postmarked April 27, 1981. Tall, proud, and eloquent, Pontiac was one of the few Indian leaders who succeeded in uniting many diverse tribes to resist European encroachment upon their lands. His birth year was approximately 1720, somewhere on the Maumee River in what is now Ohio. His father was an Ottawa, his mother probably Chippewa (Ojibwa). Pontiac was a shrewd persuader, a warrior with a natural aura of command. By the time he was in his early thirties, Pontiac was head chief of three Ottawa villages near Detroit. Because of his people's fur trading tie with the French, he supported them against the English when the latter began invading their territory. Ottawas joined in the attack upon General Braddock's column, and Pontiac probably led them in that historic ambush of July 9, 1755. After the English began building forts and settlements in Ottawa country, and instituted a policy of extermination, Pontiac called a war council of all affected tribes on April 27, 1763. Early in May the Indians attacked fifteen military posts, destroying twelve. Pontiac failed, however, to take the strategic post at Detroit. After laying siege to the fort for many months, waiting in vain for assistance from the French, he learned that France had signed a peace treaty with England. On August 17, he made peace at Detroit, and on July 25, 1766, signed a treaty at Oswego, New York. While he was visiting Cahokia, Illinois, in an attempt to unite the tribes of the Mississippi Valley, he was murdered April 20, 1769. Image Size: 14 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 19.5 x 17.5 in. Unframed. (B07037)
Helmuth Stone
Aug. 23, 2020
Hodges Soileau (B. 1943) "Red Cloud"
Est: $300 - $600
Hodges Soileau (American, B. 1943) "Red Cloud" Signed lower middle. Original Oil painting on Canvas laid on Foam Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 10c Red Cloud stamp issued on August 15, 1987. Born in 1822 on Blue Creek in Nebraska, Red Cloud earned a reputation as a warrior, diplomat and leader. Described as a natural born gentleman, he led an independent band in the 1860's, and was eventually accepted as leader of the Oglala Sioux -- the largest Teton Sioux tribe. Throughout this period the Oglala dominated the rich Powder River hunting grounds of Wyoming and Montana. Meanwhile, as the Civil War raged eastward, John Bozeman was sent to map a trail through Oglala territory to the Montana goldfields. Red Cloud strongly opposed the route and the three forts built along the trail. He kept relentless pressure on the government and the forts until he succeeded in forcing their abandonment. He won both victory and peace with the treaty he signed on November 6, 1868. In his later years, Red Cloud continued to lead the Oglalas, and on October 7, 1878 he established the Sioux Agency. Blind and ailing, he died December 10, 1909. Image Size: 10.25 x 13.25 in. Overall Size: 13.25 x 16.25 in. Unframed. (B11202)
Helmuth Stone
Apr. 14, 2019
Hodges Soileau (US,born 1943) oil painting
Est: $280 - $300
ARTIST: Hodges Soileau (american, born 1943) NAME: Ballerina MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 11 x 8 1/2 inches / 28 x 21 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNED: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 114509 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $20 + insurance. Hodges Soileau (american, born 1943) Hodges Soileau is a native of southwest Louisiana. The "Cajun accent is all but gone from living in different parts of the country for so many years, but his cultural ties are strong and deep. Hodges left Louisiana after graduation from the University of Southwestern University in pursuit of his art. That journey took him first to Texas and then to Connecticut. He had a successful illustration career that lasted twenty five years. His art graced the covers of more than three-hundred book covers. He worked for most of the major publishing houses in New York. Hodges was a twenty-three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York. During this time, he received many citations of merit for work exhibited in annual shows. He was selected to do the painting for the twenty ninth call for entries and chaired the thirty fifth annual exhibition. After twenty-five years of executing ideas and concepts of others, he now paints subjects that are of interest to him. Hodges has had five one-man shows, and has participated in numerous group shows. Most recently; first place in the T.S.A.A. juried exhibition in Tarpon Springs 1997, the Artist Magazine 2001 Art Competition Finalist, the Artist Magazine 2002 Art Competition finalist. His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U. S. Coast Guard permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings. Hodges is a member of the Oil Painters of AmericaHe does most of his work in a studio, but he manages to get outdoors once a week with a few artist friends to paint field sketches. He finds Plein Air painting personally beneficial and essential to his growth of as an artist. At the very least, he thinks it is loads of fun and plans to continue to paint outdoors as often as he can get out, whether it be Florida or Maine, where he spends a month each summer. Hodges and his wife, Marilyn, presently reside in Venice, Florida.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 27, 2019
4 Hodges Soileau Original Artwork Illustrations Antonia
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Hodges Soileau, 4 untitled illustrations, mixed media, 17 1/4" x 11 1/2", original artwork used for illustrating the Franklin Library book "My Antonia" by Willa Cather
Wilson's Auctioneers and Appraisers
Mar. 27, 2019
6 Hodges Soileau Oil Paintings The Bourne Supremacy
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Hodges Soileau, 6 untitled illustrations, oil on canvas, 21" x 15", signed, original paintings used for illustration of the Franklin Library book "The Bourne Supremacy" by Robert Ludlum, from the Franklin Mint Collection
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