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Leslie Prince Thompson

(American, 1880-1963) Figures on a Beach, signed in pencil lower right 'Leslie P. Thompson', watercolor on paper, 10 x 13-1/4 in.; fine carved gilt wood frame, 21-1/4 x 24-1/2 in. Provenance: The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Leslie Prince Thompson

(American, 1880-1963) Summer Landscape, 1906, signed and dated lower left 'Leslie P. Thompson 06', oil on canvas, 18 x 22 in.; fine gilt wood frame, 29-3/4 x 33-3/4 in. Provenance: The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Leslie Prince Thompson

(American, 1880-1963) Parisian Fountain, signed lower right 'Leslie P. Thompson', watercolor on paper, 9-3/4 x 13-1/4 in.; fine gilt wood frame, illegibly stamped, 21 x 24-1/2 in. Provenance: The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut

Leslie Prince Thompson (American 1880-1963)

Leslie Prince Thompson ( American 1880-1963) Leslie Prince Thompson ( American 1880-1963) "Portrait of a Young Woman" Oil on canvas Signature lower right "Leslie P. Thompson" Size 30" x 25"

Leslie Prince Thompson (1880-1963): Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing Machine

Leslie Prince Thompson 1880-1963 Elias Howe, Inventor of the Sewing Machine oil on canvas 1941; signed and dated lower left

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON, (American, 1880-1963), Sand Dunes, 1902, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in., frame: 36 x 42 in.

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON (American, 1880-1963) Sand Dunes 1902, oil on canvas signed and dated Leslie P. Thompson 1902 lower right; titled verso

Leslie P. Thompson (American, 1880-1963)

The Silk Kimono (Woman Seated In An Interior), 1923, Oil On Canvas Painting, Signed, Inscribed And Dated Lower Right, Vose Galleries, Boston Label And #26162 On Stretcher Verso 22 X 18 Inches, Gilt Wood Frame 28 X 24 X 1 Inches, Varnish Layer With Some Discoloration From Age, No Visible Restorations Under Natural Light. Artist's Center Hashmarks in Pencil Evident. See Photos For Condition. Additional Information Available On Request.

"A Plea to the Great Spririt" by L.P. Thompson

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963). Oil on canvas board, signed and double dated to verso, with typed biography to verso, as well as a clipping describing the title, and plaque to frame. 19.5" x 15.5" (sight), 26" x 22" (framed).

Leslie Prince Thompson Oil on Canvas "Sand Dunes"

Leslie Prince Thompson (Massachusetts 1880-1963) Oil on Canvas "Sand Dunes, Nantucket", circa 1902, signed lower right Leslie P. Thompson, 1902; Two exhibition labels on reverse: "Copley Art Society Exhibition, Boston, Mass. 1902" and " The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 72nd Annual Exhibition, 1903" 24 in. x 30 in. Overall 36 in. x 42 in. Provenance: Estate of Linda Loring, 6 Louisburg Square, Boston

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON, (AMERICAN 1880-1963), "STORM CLOUDS"

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON (american 1880-1963) "STORM CLOUDS" Signed and dated 'Leslie P. Thompson 1902' bottom right, oil on canvas 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61cm) provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Collection of Richard M. Scaife, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. EXHIBITED: "Seventy-third Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1904, no. 525.

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963), colored aquatint forest scene, pencil signed, 10-3/4" x 13-1/2" plate, framed size 17-...

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963), colored aquatint forest scene, pencil signed, 10-3/4" x 13-1/2" plate, framed size 17-1/2" x 21-1/2", very good condition

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON (American, 1880-1963) "LANDSCAPE ET BOLOGNE".

Large oil on canvas. Housed in its original carved & gilt frame with wide liner retaining three labels on verso including "Property of Hiram Ricker & Sons, Poland Spring Art Gallery". Also a 14th Annual Exhibition Poland Spring Gallery with artist, titles, etc. Signed lower left "Leslie P Thompson 05" SIZE: 30" x 37-3/4". Overall: 42-1/2" x 50" PROVENANCE: Removed from the Maine State Building, Poland Springs, Maine CONDITION: Appears to be in untouched, original condition, very good 52369-4

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963) The Chines

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963) The Chinese Coat, 1923 Oil on canvas 56 x 46 inches (142.2 x 116.8 cm) Signed and dated lower right: Leslie P. Thompson 1923 PROVENANCE: The artist; Mr. & Mrs. William K. Jackson, commissioned from the above; N.E. Theatres, Inc. (Metropolitan Theatre), Boston, Massachusetts, until 1962; Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, 1962; Private collection, New York; Private collection, Seekonk, Massachusetts, until 1984; Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984; Private collection, Dallas, acquired from the above, 1985. EXHIBITED: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "The Thirty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," November 1-December 9, 1923; National Academy of Design, New York, 1923, no. 252; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "The One Hundred and Nineteenth Annual Exhibit," 1924; National Academy of Design, New York, 1930; Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, Massachusetts, 1939, (as Portrait of Miss Katharine Jackson). LITERATURE: Guild of Boston Artists, exhibition Catalogue, Boston, Massachusetts, 1939, illustrated on the cover. One of Boston's most celebrated portraitists, Leslie Prince Thompson is best known for his sophisticated and handsomely rendered depictions of the leisure class. Together with artists Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, and William Paxton, Thompson was a prominent member of the early twentieth-century Boston School of painters, and though his work is exceedingly rare, he was a central figure in the burgeoning American Impressionist movement. Thompson's foremost influence and mentor was Edmund Tarbell, with whom he studied at Boston's Museum School from 1901 to 1904. The young artist then went on to study at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, was awarded a Paige Scholarship and embarked for Europe to study the Old Masters and French Impressionists. Upon his return to Boston, Thompson resumed instruction from Tarbell and E.L. Major and became well known for confidently handled impressionistic canvases of lavish interiors, stylish portraiture, and refined beach scenes and landscapes. The Chinese Coat, presumably one of Thompson's most sumptuous and elegant society portraits, depicts a young patrician woman in a subtle interior adorned only with jewel-like floral accents. In this scene, though the young woman herself is attractive and stately, it is her exquisite attire that takes center stage. Draped in an opulent Chinese silk kimono-style jacket over a cascading taffeta gown, this young blue-blooded woman's garb would have represented for an early twentieth century society, just as it would today, the epitome of utter refinement, sophistication and affluence. Indeed, to be the proud bearer of such an expensive and exotic item of imported fashion was a supreme privilege, and by depicting his subject in her most lavish dress was for Thompson, as well as his well-bred New England patronage, the pinnacle of fashionable portraiture. Ultimately, with its skilled brushwork, striking color and graceful charm, it is the lovely decorative quality of this masterwork that was Thompson's greatest achievement. Thompson primarily worked and painted at the Fenway Studios on 30 Ipswich Street in Boston. A barn fire in 1939 destroyed nearly all contents of Fenway Studios, and as a result, hundreds of works by the artist were lost. Subsequently, scant material by Thompson appears on the market. The Chinese Coat is a rarely seen tour de force by the artist, and arguably the most important painting to come to market in recent years.

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON, (American, 1880-1963), STILL LIFE, c. 1930s, oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (24 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)

LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON (American, 1880-1963) STILL LIFE c. 1930s, oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (24 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.) Exhibitions: Newport Art Museum and Art Association, Newport, Rhode Island, "From Pennsylvania to Paradise: William Trost Richards, Harrion Morris, and the Art Association of Newport," June 2 - September 9, 2012.

EARLY 20TH C. PORTRAIT BY LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON

EARLY 20TH C. PORTRAIT BY LESLIE PRINCE THOMPSON 'JOSEPH BUBIER BANCROFT'; UNFRAMED; 30" X 25"; MASSACHUSETTS 1880-1963

Leslie Prince Thompson (Massachusetts, 1880-1963) Seaside Dunes. Signed and dated "1912" l.r. Oil on canvasboard, 10 1/4 x 14 in., i...

Leslie Prince Thompson (Massachusetts, 1880-1963) Seaside Dunes. Signed and dated "1912" l.r. Oil on canvasboard, 10 1/4 x 14 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Very good.

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963) Portrait of Frank J. Dutcher (1850-1930). Signed and dated "Leslie P. Thompson 1931" l.l.,

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963) Portrait of Frank J. Dutcher (1850-1930). Signed and dated "Leslie P. Thompson 1931" l.l., inscribed "Draper..." on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 25 in., in a period frame. Condition: Bloom, minor losses/abrasions, minor surface grime. Provenance: By family descent to the sitter's son, Warren W. Dutcher, Jr., Hopedale, Massachusetts; by family descent, Massachusetts.

Landscape by Leslie Thompson

(Leslie Prince Thompson, NA, Boston, Massachusetts, 1880-1963), coastal scene with cloudy sky, signed lower left “Leslie P Thompson 04,” oil on canvas, grime, crackle, all tacking edges taped, 16 x 20-1/8", painted wood frame

Leslie Prince Thompson (American, 1880-1963), Still Life with Asian Figurine, Signed and dated ""Leslie P. Thompson 1932"" l.r., Condit