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b. 1851 - d. 1929

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  • Louis Spinner Elaborate Dinner Still Life on Bookshelf Oil on Canvas
    Dec. 07, 2024

    Louis Spinner Elaborate Dinner Still Life on Bookshelf Oil on Canvas

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Spinner, Louis P. (American/Pennsylvania, 1851-1929), Elaborate Dinner Still Life on Bookshelf with Fish, Toast, Tomatoes and Onions, circa 1885, oil on canvas,26.5 x 40 inches, an elaborate shelf laid with a whole fish, tomatoes, bread, onions, sweet potatoes or cut melons, pickles, salt and pepper shakers, and silver forks, signed L.P. Spinner lower right, framed 33 x 46.5 inches. Exhibited: McDonald Gallery; James J. White Collection; Exhibited Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 1984. Provenance: The James J. White Botanical Art Collection. The James J. White Collection encompassed a diverse collection including all of Jim White's scholarly interests and incomparable taste. The collection included including many American Still Life Paintings dating from the mid 19th Century to the 1950's. James joined the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University in 1978 as Assistant Curator working with Curator of Art John Brindle. In 1979 James also became a Research Associate in the Section of Botany of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, and in 1982 he became Curator of Art and Senior Research Scholar at the Hunt Institute following Brindle's retirement, holding both positions until 2009. For thirty years, he curated the Hunt Institute's art collection and numerous exhibitions (including the globally recognized, triennial International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration), and he contributed many articles for Hunt Institute publications.

    Concept Art Gallery
  • Louis Spinner, Charlotte Corday in prison.
    Sep. 13, 2014

    Louis Spinner, Charlotte Corday in prison.

    Est: $600 - $800

    Spinner, Louis P. (District of Columbia, 1851-1929). Charlotte Corday. c.1889. Oil on canvas. Signed l.r. Sight: 23" x 19". Frame: 33 1/2" x 30".

    Quinn's Auction Galleries
  • Louis P. Spinner, Washington, DC, (1851-1929), "Still Life with Fruit", oil on canvas, Sight image 17 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W, framed.
    May. 19, 2012

    Louis P. Spinner, Washington, DC, (1851-1929), "Still Life with Fruit", oil on canvas, Sight image 17 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W, framed.

    Est: $400 - $600

    Louis P. Spinner Washington, DC, (1851-1929) "Still Life with Fruit" oil on canvas Signed lower left and on back of canvas. Louis P. Spinner was born in Pennsylvania to a family of German descent. He began his artistic career as a teenager painting signs and coloring tintype photographs. He moved to Washington, DC and opened his own studio on F Street in 1871. Spinner painted portraits of many Washington notables including William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt. Griefstricken following the death of his wife, Spinner closed his studio and set off traveling through the southern states and South America painting portraits. He eventually returned to Washington and worked retouching photographs until his death in 1929. He was buried in the Congressional Cemetary beside his wife. Sight image 17 1/2" H x 17 1/2" W, framed.

    Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery
  • Louis P. Spinner (American 1851-1929), Still Life with Apples, Grapes and Banana, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in
    Dec. 03, 2011

    Louis P. Spinner (American 1851-1929), Still Life with Apples, Grapes and Banana, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 in

    Est: $700 - $900

    Louis P. Spinner (American 1851-1929) Still Life with Apples, Grapes and Banana Signed L.P. Spinner l.r. Oil on canvas 10 x 14 in (25.4 x 35.6 cm)Property of Various Owners

    Weschler's
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