Helen M. Turner Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Helen M. Turner Art Value Price Guide

May. 30, 2024
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "The Big Bouquet", oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed, titled and "Victor Claessens Waereghem Belgique" canvas stamp en verso, 30 in. x 24 in., framed, overall 35 3/8 in. x 29 1/4 in. x 1 3/4 in. Note: American Impressionist Helen Maria Turner was only the third woman elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design, the first from Louisiana, and one of the first from the South. In the second half of her career, Turner achieved significant critical acclaim and financial success, and her awards were as numerous as her exhibitions. The 1880s saw the art world open significantly for women in America, and Turner benefited greatly from the art clubs and associations in both New Orleans and New York, where she studied under artists such as Andres Molinary, Bror Anders Wikstrom, William Merritt Chase, and Joseph De Camp. She became part of a growing group of women who were able to support themselves as professional artists through hard work and perseverance in a field dominated by men. As Lewis Hoyer Rabbage writes: "Among all the influences on Helen Turner's personal life, and on her work, none could be considered more profound than her association with the artists' colony at Cragsmoor, New York." Beginning with her first summer there in 1906 upon the invitation of Charles Curran, Turner spent the summers from 1906 through 1941 in Cragsmoor, with only two exceptions. In 1911, she attended the William Merritt Chase class in Italy, and in 1922, she visited with an artist friend, Thalia Millett Malcom, in Paris. By 1910, Turner had built her own house in Cragsmoor and named it "Takusan." The home featured a spacious second floor art studio, expansive porches and a lush garden. While other artists depicted Cragsmoor's mountain, forest and meadow landscapes, Turner focused on her surroundings closer to home. In particular, the graceful porches encircled by a yard full of birch trees, rhododendrons, hollyhock and other bright flowers were a constant source of inspiration. Women on porches and in garden settings were popular subjects among American Impressionists, and Turner's body of work within this realm are among her most successfully realized and important canvases. Faced with the challenge of capturing the richness of color, pattern and texture of the garden, without distracting from the importance of the model, Turner displayed her full skill and range as an artist. Ref.: Faquin, Jane Ward. Helen M. Turner: The Womans Point of View. Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2010; Jalenak, Maia. Helen M. Turner: American Impressionist (M.A. Thesis). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 2003; Rabbage, Lewis Hoyer. Helen M. Turner, NA (1858-1958) A Retrospective Exhibition. Cragsmoor, NY: The Cragsmoor Free Library, 1983.
Neal Auction Company
May. 18, 2024
Helen Maria Turner, Street Scene, Oil on Canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958), street scene, oil on canvas, 30" x 24", framed 37" x 31". Provenance: Westbury, New York collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Nov. 13, 2022
HELEN MARIA TURNER (LA, 1858-1958)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
"Portrait of Newcomb Potter Sarah Irvine Decorating a Vase", oil on canvas, signed lower left, with printed history verso of Turner, who was from New Orleans and painted at Newcomb College for the years 1903-1906. Irvine was the most famous of the women artisans at the school. Housed in the original gilt gesso and oak frame, OS: 33 1/2" x 27 1/2", SS: 25 1/2" x 19 1/2", cleaned and varnished, light craquelure, stretcher impression, some frame loss.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 18, 2022
Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958)
Est: $100 - $150
Painting: Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958), women sitting, oil on canvas. Stamped verso "H.M. Turner". 24" x 20", overall 31" x 27".
Copake Auction Inc.
Oct. 23, 2021
Helen Maria Turner Signed Oil on Canvas
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
An antique oil on canvas painting attribute to Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958) depicting a woman sitting at a table with wine and hors d'oeuvres. It is signed to the lower right and presented in an ornate gesso-covered giltwood frame. Sight - 19.5 x 23.5 Provenance Private Collection 84th Street, Brooklyn, NY Estate. 30 Day Warranty for serious discrepancies (See Terms and Condition for full explanation). PLEASE NOTE: Lots that state "in the style of" or "attributed to" denote that an item definitively does not have authentication nor is it implied. The item may be ascribed to the artist or maker due to its style or subject matter, but we are not able to confirm its authorship or authenticity.
Atlanta Auction Gallery, ltd
Aug. 04, 2021
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "Portrait of a Young Woman Seated in an Interior, New Orleans", oil on canvas, unsigned, 40 1/2 in. x 30 1/2 in., framed Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist, to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans, LA. Condition: Overall fair condition; scattered inpainting throughout
Neal Auction Company
Jun. 06, 2021
Helen Maria Turner (American, 18581958) The End of My Porch
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Helen Maria Turner (American, 18581958) The End of My Porch Signed and dated 'Helen M. Turner/1914' bottom right, oil on canvas laid down to board 16 x 14 in. (40.6 x 35.6cm) In a period Newcomb-Macklin frame. Provenance Private Collection, Virginia. Footnote: Exhibited "Fifth Exhibition of Painting by Contemporary American Artists," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., December 15, 1914January 24, 1915, no. 178. "One Hundred and Tenth Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 7-March 28, 1915, no. 418. "Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Brooklyn Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn, New York, April 5-May 3, 1915. "Panama-Pacific International Exposition," San Francisco, California, December, 1915. Literature W. H de B. Nelson, "Contemporary Exhibitions of Modern Art" in The International Studio, Vol. LIV, no. 216, February 1915, P. CVIII (mentioned, not illustrated). Maia Jalenak, Helen M. Turner, American Impressionist, Louisiana State University's Master Theses 2216, 2003, pp. 155, 156, 157 (listed, not illustrated). Note Although she was born in Kentucky in 1858, Helen Maria Turner spent most of her life in the state of Louisiana, and especially in New Orleans, where her family was well-connected. The great-granddaughter of John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society and the American Academy of Fine Arts, Turner did not start painting until she was twenty-two. Unlike most of her fellow women artists, she did not seek an education abroad. Instead, she focused on an intense, all-American curriculum, enrolling at Tulane University, the Artist's Association of New Orleans, the Art Students League in New York as well as the Women's Art School in Cooper Union, respectively. Most of Turner's oeuvre is characterized by her broken, almost pointillist technique and her golden palette, as revealed by the present work, which depicts the young artist herself, sitting nonchalantly upon a porch-rail, and looking directly at the viewer. The work, which earned many celebratory comments when exhibited in 1914-1915, was painted at Cragsmoor, an artist's colony located in the Shawanguck Mountains of upstate New York that Charles C. Curran and his wife, Grace introduced to the artist. In an article entitled "Cragsmoor, an early American art colony," Barbara Buff describes the colony as a haven for artists seeking refuge from industrialization and a return to nature: "Farmers had been clearing the land so that by 1872, there were superb views of surrounding valleys and mountains in every direction. The light and the sky were wonderfully clear and changed often; the air was pure; and breezes blew almost constantly. These were the qualities that attracted artists to Cragsmoor. Throughout its history and even today, the place is also referred to simply as 'The Mountain.'" Turner spent almost all of her summers there from 1906 onwards, and after renting for some time, decided to build her own cottage, which she named Takusan. At Crasgmoor, while many artists such as Curran, George Inness or William Beard painted open air vistas featuring the nearby forest or meadows, Turner did not venture further than the front of her cottage and rather than depicting the wilderness, she preferred to focus on her flowers and her garden, which the lush, grassy and textured background in the present painting hints at. The artist's front porch at Takusan specifically, was the setting for several of her most acclaimed paintings. Placing an elegant young woman on it, with a garden backdrop in fact became such a winning formula that Turner would go on to repeat in a number of her finest paintings from 1912 to 1923, starting with Summer, Tea Party (Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota), and including Girl with Lantern (Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina), Morning (Zigler Museum of Art, Jennings, Louisiana), The Flower Girl (The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan), Lilies, Lanterns and Sunshine (The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia), as well as the present work, The End of my Porch. In the painting, like John Singer Sargent, Curran and Frederick Carl Frieseke before her, Turner immortalizes the poetry of a solitary moment outdoors. She depicted herself in an elegant, light white dress, which perfectly captures the glittering effects of the summer light. The dress is marked by a dashing blue sash at the waist, the only bright color in the composition, which nicely echoes the horizontality of the sitter's hands as well as porch railing, and which subtly contrasts with the verticality of the backdrop, marked by the elegant branches of Turner's birch trees. The result is a perfectly harmonious arrangement of lines, captured in thick brushtrokes, which, when admired from afar, creates an immediate visual sensation of a dazzling summer day from the shade of a well-appreciated porch. Turner's string of successes with her "woman on a porch" paintings directly led her to being elected a member of the National Academy of Design. Following her success, she shifted her focus to commissioned portrait paintings, and gradually abandoned her favored theme. Condition report: In overall very good to excellent original condition. With slight ripples in the canvas at upper left and center right (canvas evidently not completely adhered to the board). With some dust along the bottom, right outer edges and at upper right (gray powder dust, not losses). Examination under UV light does not reveal any sign of restoration. Frame: 28 3/8 x 26 1/2 x 2 in.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 22, 2021
Pastel, Helen Maria Turner
Est: $600 - $900
Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958), "Cragsmoor," 1908, pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, gallery label (Trotter Galleries, Carmel, CA) affixed verso, sight: 9"h x 6.5"w, overall (with frame): 15"h x 12"w
Clars Auctions
Apr. 29, 2021
HELEN MARIA TURNER, American (1858-1958), "The Italian Girl", oil on canvas laid down on fiberboard, signed, dated and inscribed low...
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
HELEN MARIA TURNER American (1858-1958) "The Italian Girl" oil on canvas laid down on fiberboard, signed, dated and inscribed lower left "Helen M. Turner, N.Y. 1921" 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York. Other Notes: A Painters and Sculptors Gallery Assoc., New York, New York label is on the reverse. Tags: portrait, American Impressionism, female artist, woman artist, 20th century Lot 56 The Italian Girl beautifully elicits in the viewer a response to the human face in all its allure and particularly the eyes as a window to the 'soul.' No matter how lovely the wallpaper in the background, the jewel-toned fabrics draped on the round table, this young girl's face eclipses all of it, drawing us in with her soft gaze and the hint of an active inner life. Turner masterfully uses the play of light on her subject's face to create this simple yet stunning moment of clarity. Turner's portraits of women have become icons of American Art. While in New York Turner studied with Kenyon Cox, Douglas Volk, and Arthur Wesley Dow. She travelled to Europe three times with William Merritt Chase. Paving the way as a female artist in male-dominated field, she was able to achieve tremendous success during her life. In 1914, the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased on of her portraits propelling her career forward. By 1927, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta hosted a retrospective of her work. Turner left her New York City studio and home in 1942 and returned to New Orleans for the final years of her life. She painted sporadically and less frequently as the years passed due to her failing eyesight. In 1949, her final painting was a salute to Cragsmoor titled The Mountain, a depiction of the rolling hills and farms surrounding the Colony. Helen Maria Turner died just short of her hundredth year on January 31, 1958. Turner's works are included in collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Historical Society, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Phillips Collection, and numerous other public and private collections. The Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia holds the largest collection of her work.
Shannon's
Apr. 29, 2021
HELEN MARIA TURNER, American (1858-1958), "Portrait of Anne Spencer," c. 1925, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower left "Helen...
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
HELEN MARIA TURNER American (1858-1958) "Portrait of Anne Spencer," c. 1925 oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower left "Helen M. Turner N.Y." 40 x 30 inches Provenance: Mr. Lawrence Spencer Pratt, Williamsville, New York; Private Collection, New York. Exhibitions: National Arts Club, New York, New York, "Member's Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture" January 13 - February 6, 1926; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., "Tenth Exhibition Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1926;" Cragsmoor Free Library, Cragsmoor, New York," Helen M. Turner, N.A., "A Retrospective Exhibition," July 2 - 17 1983; Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, September 11 - November 6, 1983; Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, December 10, 1983 - February 1, 1984; Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky, March 2 - April 5, 1984. Literature: A copy of the exhibition catalog accompanies the lot. Other Notes: A label from Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio is on the reverse. Tags: portrait, American Impressionism, female artist, woman artist, 20th century Trained at New York's Art Students League and Cooper Union in the late 1890s, Helen Maria Turner was also a beloved member of the Cragsmoor Artist Colony. Her typically quiet, yet lush works place her in the company of well-known American Impressionists such as Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and, her friend, William Merritt Chase. Her figurative works, the vast majority of which focused on women and girls, are her most iconic. The unique beauty in these figurative paintings lies in her uncanny ability to evoke some facet of her sitter's true personalities - seemingly effortlessly captured in moments of everyday activity or moments of contemplation. Turner was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1858 to upper middle-class parents - her father was a prosperous coal merchant, and her mother was the daughter of a doctor, and the granddaughter of John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society (1804) and the American Academy of Fine Arts (1816). In the aftermath of the Civil War, the family lost their fortune and by the age of thirteen, Turner was orphaned. Subsequently living with her uncle's family in challenging financial conditions, Turner struggled for years with the dilemma of how to support herself on the outskirts of the genteel society she was been born into. While attending classes at Tulane University and the New Orleans Artists' Association, Turner was encouraged by her instructor Bror Anders Wikstrom to move to New York and enter the Art Students League. She began to show her art in New York during these early years, she also enrolled at Columbia's Teachers College and began teaching as a temporary instructor. From 1902 to 1919, she taught scores of young women drafting - training them to sketch rapidly, a skill needed by fashion houses, magazines, department stores, and greeting card companies to name a few. At the same time, her presence in the gallery world grew and after 1906 her paintings were regularly included in juried museum shows around the country. In 1912, her Young Woman with Jewels won the National Arts Prize for 'best work in the exhibition' and was sold to the distinguished collector George A. Hearn. Her work was notably included in the traveling exhibition of 1917 "Six American Women" along with Mary Cassatt, Jane Peterson, Martha Walter, Alice Schille, and Johanna H. K. Hailmann. In 1921, Turner became the fourth woman to be elected to full Academician status by the National Academy of Design, and the first from Louisiana. In 1906, Turner became acquainted with the Cragsmoor Artist Colony near Ellenville, New York, through the Impressionist Charles Courtney Curran. The years from 1905 to 1926 were her most active and the influence of Cragsmoor on those years was undeniable. She was known to have a stunning garden with the most unusual flora, a clear inspiration for what could be thought of as the 'Cragsmoor effect' on her work - sun-dappled foliage painted in a mosaic of shimmering colors. But the effects of summer light and colors were not all that went into these works, it was also the quiet energy of a small enclave in the mountains, far removed from the hustle and bustle of New York City. The famed collector and critic Duncan Philips who owned several of her works described her as "a painter of unpretentious portraits, of landscapes with gentle girls in gardens, of the intimate hours of life in the seclusion of homes. Miss Turner reveals, unconsciously, the woman's point of view. Her interiors are especially feminine with their swift yet searching glance over the texture of materials, the influence of light, the character of a room, and the relation of people to their dwelling place." [1] Portrait of Ann Spencer depicts the young Ann Spencer (Pratt). About 12 years old at the time, Spencer would later become a well-known painter herself and surely was inspired by her time spent at Cragsmoor. Spencer is perched on the artist's porch in Cragsmoor enveloped by the luscious foliage of the garden, with a play of sun and shadow across her figure. She seems destined for some great activity. This painting is one of the last major canvases by Turner not already in a museum collection.
Shannon's
Feb. 06, 2021
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "Mexican Washwoman", oil on canvas, signed, titled, inscribed and "The National Arts Club, 1935" exhibition label en verso, 16 in. x 14 in., framed . Exh.: "Loan Exhibition of Works of Art owned by Artist Members", The National Arts Club, New York, NY, Apr. 3 - 27, 1935. Note: Working in the impressionist technique under the tutelage of William Merritt Chase, Helen Maria Turner lived and worked in New Orleans, New York City and Cragsmoor, New York. Turner attained significant critical acclaim in the second half of her career. In 1921, she became only the fourth woman (and first artist from Louisiana) elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design. Six years later, Turner served as the only female juror of the Twenty-Fifth International Exhibition, an honor closely followed by a solo exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Turner has been extoled as an enduring impressionist whose greatest talent was her ability to portray ordinary women doing everyday tasks in everyday places. In the 1930s, the artist vacationed frequently in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and the painting offered here reveals her appreciation for the area's culture, architecture and people. Her depiction of a washwoman at work is in keeping with her love of elevating commonplace tasks and displays her extraordinary talent in brushwork and use of color. Ref.: Turner, Helen (1858-1958). The Johnson Collection. www.johnsoncollection.org. Accessed Jan. 2, 2020. Faquin, Jane Ward. Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View. Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2010
Neal Auction Company
Nov. 22, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "Portrait of a Young Woman Seated in an Interior, New Orleans", oil on canvas, unsigned, 40 1/2 in. x 30 1/2 in., framed . Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist, to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans, LA
Neal Auction Company
Sep. 12, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858)
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958), "Portrait of Ann Spencer", 1925, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed "N.Y." lower left, "The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.", "The National Arts Club, New York, NY" and "The Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH" exhibition labels on back , 40 in. x 30 1/4 in., framed with envelope; together with handwritten letter from the artist to the sitter's family, Dec. 29, 1925, framed. (2 pcs.) Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Spencer, New York (parents of the sitter), 1925-1964; thence by descent to Ann Spencer Pratt, New York (sitter), 1964-1972; thence by descent to Lawrence Spencer Pratt , New York (sitter), 1964-1972; thence by descent to Lawrence Spencer Pratt, Massachusetts (sitter's son), 1972-1992; Blake Benton, New York, 1992-1996; Private Collection. Exh. : "Member's Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture" National Arts Club, New York, Jan. 13 - Feb. 6, 1926; Grand Central Art Gallery, New York, Mar., 1926; "Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings", Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1926; "Paintings by Helen M. Turner, N. A.", multiple locations, 1926-1927; "Helen M. Turner, NA A Retrospective Exhibition", multiple locations, 1983-1984 and illustrated in accompanying catalogue, p. 16.
Neal Auction Company
Jul. 26, 2020
Helen Maria Turner, (American, 1858-1958), Meditating by the Window, oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 12 1/2in (42 x 32cm)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958) Meditating by the Window oil on canvas signed lower left Helen M Turner 16 1/2 x 12 1/2in (42 x 32cm) Provenance: Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts. Acquired directly from the above in 1987. Property from the Collection of Mary and Lou Silver, Indian Wells, California.
Andrew Jones Auctions
Jul. 19, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "The Artist"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) "Portrait of the Artist Nell Pomeroy O'Brien" oil on canvas signed lower right. Framed. 16" x 12", framed 22-3/4" x 18-3/4" Notes: Initially exhibiting in 1890 at the Artists' Association of New Orleans, the accomplished artist Helen Maria Turner went on to earn national acclaim by exhibiting at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery, and American Society of Miniature Painters at the National Academy of Design. Turner was the first woman from the south to be elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design, and the third woman nationally. A highlight of her career was inclusion in the "Six American Women" exhibition organized by the St. Louis City Museum; which, in addition to Turner, featured Mary Cassatt, Jane Peterson, Johanna Hailman, Martha Walter and Alice Schille. At a time when few women achieved success as professional artists, Turner became well acquainted and friends with her female contemporaries. Although she occasionally accepted a commissioned portrait assignment, Turner largely asked her friends and family to be subjects of her paintings. The sitter has been identified as Nell Pomeroy O'Brien (1899-1966), herself a gifted painter and friend of Turner's; she is painted with her brushes in hand and typically pensive glaze favored by Turner. (New Orleans Auction Galleries would like to thank Terry Simoneaux for the identification.)
New Orleans Auction Galleries
May. 31, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "The Artist"
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) "The Artist: Portrait of Nell Pomeroy O'Brien" oil on canvas signed lower right. Framed. 16" x 12", framed 22-3/4" x 18-3/4" Notes: Initially exhibiting in 1890 at the Artists' Association of New Orleans, the accomplished artist Helen Maria Turner went on to earn national acclaim by exhibiting at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery, and American Society of Miniature Painters at the National Academy of Design. Turner was the first woman from the south to be elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design, and the third woman nationally. A highlight of her career was included in the "Six American Women" exhibition organized by the St. Louis City Museum; which, in addition to Turner, featured Mary Cassatt, Jane Peterson, Johanna Hailman, Martha Walter and Alice Schille. At a time when few women achieved success as professional artists, Turner became well acquainted and friends with her female contemporaries. Although she occasionally accepted a commissioned portrait assignment, Turner largely asked her friends and family to be subjects of her paintings. The sitter has been identified as Nell Pomeroy O'Brien (1899-1966), herself a gifted painter and friend of Turner's; she is painted with her brushes in hand and typically pensive glaze favored by Turner. (New Orleans Auction Galleries would like to thank Terry Simoneaux for the identification.)
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Mar. 29, 2020
HELEN MARIA TURNER (1858 - 1958) PORTRAIT O / C
Est: $10 - $1,000
1940's / 1950's modernist portrait. Signed in pencil, pencil NYC address verso. Dimensions: (Frame) H 30.5" x W 32.5" (Painting) H 28" x W 30" Condition: Rolled and restretched. Thin cracking with small paint losses.
Westport Auction
Feb. 08, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana 1858-1958)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "The Sea Captain (Cornish Man)", oil on canvas, unsigned, titled on stretcher, handwritten labels inscribed "James M. Todd, Jr." and "The Slater Studios, New York City" on frame, 12 in. x 10 in., framed . Provenance: The artist; to her cousin, Margaret Tevada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans
Neal Auction Company
Feb. 08, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "Portrait of a Young Woman Seated in an Interior, New Orleans", oil on canvas, unsigned, 40 1/2 in. x 30 1/2 in., framed . Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist, to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans, LA
Neal Auction Company
Feb. 08, 2020
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) , "Mexican Washwoman", oil on canvas, signed, titled, inscribed and "The National Arts Club, 1935" exhibition label en verso, 16 in. x 14 in., framed . Exh.: "Loan Exhibition of Works of Art owned by Artist Members", The National Arts Club, New York, NY, Apr. 3 - 27, 1935. Note: Working in the impressionist technique under the tutelage of William Merritt Chase, Helen Maria Turner lived and worked in New Orleans, New York City and Cragsmoor, New York. Turner attained significant critical acclaim in the second half of her career. In 1921, she became only the fourth woman (and first artist from Louisiana) elected to full membership in the National Academy of Design. Six years later, Turner served as the only female juror of the Twenty-Fifth International Exhibition, an honor closely followed by a solo exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Turner has been extoled as an enduring impressionist whose greatest talent was her ability to portray ordinary women doing everyday tasks in everyday places. In the 1930s, the artist vacationed frequently in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and the painting offered here reveals her appreciation for the area's culture, architecture and people. Her depiction of a washwoman at work is in keeping with her love of elevating commonplace tasks and displays her extraordinary talent in brushwork and use of color. Ref.: Turner, Helen (1858-1958). The Johnson Collection. www.johnsoncollection.org. Accessed Jan. 2, 2020. Faquin, Jane Ward. Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View. Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2010.
Neal Auction Company
Oct. 24, 2019
HELEN MARIA TURNER, American (1858-1958), Portrait of a Newcomb College Artist, oil on canvas, signed "Helen M. Turner" lower right,...
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
HELEN MARIA TURNER American (1858-1958) Portrait of a Newcomb College Artist oil on canvas, signed "Helen M. Turner" lower right 23 7/8 x 18 1/8 inches Provenance: The Artist; descended in the family of the Artist; Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 1998, lot 769; Private Collection, New York. Other Notes: Tags: oil paintings, listed artist, 20th century, 19th century
Shannon's
Nov. 18, 2017
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958), "Coquette", oil on canvas, signed lower left, handwritten inscription with artist, title and remnant of exhibition label en verso, "E.C. Slater" embossed en verso of frame, 22 in. x 18 in., period frame. Note: In the 1880s, the art world opened significantly for women in America, and Helen Maria Turner benefited greatly from the art clubs and associations in both New Orleans and New York, where she studied under artists such as Andres Molinary, Bror Anders Wikstrom, William Merritt Chase, and Joseph De Camp. Maia Jalenak writes, In this regard, Turner was among a generation of women breaking new ground. Her combination of talent and determination enabled her to move to professional status, support herself, and achieve a distinguished reputation. Although many artists of this time period were interested in studying painting abroad, exposing themselves to the French Impressionist paintings, Turner preferred to work with American painters. William Merritt Chase was particularly influential on her style, and her sensitive depictions of her models directly reflect her training with him. By 1900, Turner was teaching both privately and at institutions, as her work became more popular and she gained national acclaim. In "Coquette," Turner's studies with Chase are apparent in the light, airy palette using mostly pastel colors, as well as the loose brushstrokes that form the hair, dress, and fan that the model holds. Turner often used the same models for multiple canvases; the girl in this portrait is most likely Julia Polk Hunsicker, who also posed for the seminal "Lilies, Lanterns, and Sunshine" in the collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art. By 1914, the Corcoran Gallery had exhibited and purchased one of her paintings, Girl with Lantern, and The Flower Girl of 1920 won the Second Altman Prize; Turner was the first woman to receive any of the Altman prizes. This award led to her being elected to the National Academy of Design in 1921. In 1917, Turners works were included in the exhibition Six American Women, which was comprised of works by the most prestigious female painters in America, including Mary Cassatt and Alice Schille. While women who painted in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had many more opportunities than their predecessors, there still existed a pervasive notion that women were less qualified to become artists and created weaker works. This idea that a woman artist has an inherently female quality that is translated to her work was a popular theory in the early 20th century known as essentialism. Because of this concept, art critics would sometimes refer to Turners work with a negative connotation as having a feminine quality to it. Time has been on Turners side as the idea of essentialism in her work has been rejected over the years as the strength of her painting technique and talent has been increasingly acknowledged and celebrated. Turners presence on a national level speaks to the fact that her works have a universal appeal, and her success then helped to set the stage for future female artists from the region. Not only did she defy the odds by supporting herself as a working artist, but her accomplishments are inspiring. Her solo exhibition at the age of 90 at the New Orleans Museum of Art (then the Delgado Museum of Art) in 1949 likely inspired the next generations of artists such as Ida Kohlmeyer to reach similar heights in their own careers. Ref.: Bonner, Judith. Women Artists in Louisiana, 1825-1965: A Place of Their Own. Arts Quarterly. Volume XXXI, Issue 2. New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, 2009; Faquin, Jane Ward. Helen M. Turner: The Womans Point of View. Memphis: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 2010. Jalenak, Maia. Helen M. Turner: American Impressionist. Louisiana State University Master of Arts Thesis, 2003.
Neal Auction Company
Oct. 12, 2014
Helen Maria Turner (US/Louisiana, 1858-1958)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "Early Morning", oil on academy board, unsigned, inscribed "Early Morning, from State St. Drive-City in the Distance, 1917" en verso, with an "Akron Art Museum" exhibition label, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Framed. Provenance: Estate of Patricia O'Brien Strigel and Mogens Strigel, Houston, Texas. Literature: Maia Jalenak, Helen M. Turner, American Impressionist, A Thesis at Louisiana State University, 2003, illustrated p. 114.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Sep. 13, 2014
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "Portrait of a Young Woman Seated in an Interior, New Orleans", oil on canvas, unsigned, two handwritten labels inscribed "Dr. James M. Todd, Jr." and "Louvre Frame Co., New York City" en verso, 40 1/2 in. x 30 1/4 in., period frame Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist, to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans, LA. Note: To be included in Kaycee Benton's forthcoming catalogue raisonne on Helen Maria Turner.
Neal Auction Company
Jun. 07, 2014
Helen M. Turner; American Watercolor Painting Signed
Est: $600 - $800
Watercolor and pencil sketch, House in a Landscape signed l.r.
Arader Galleries
May. 18, 2014
Helen Maria Turner (USA/Louisiana, 1858-1958)
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "Early Morning", oil on academy board, unsigned, inscribed "Early Morning, from State St. Drive-City in the Distance, 1917" en verso, with an "Akron Art Museum" exhibition label, 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Framed. Provenance: Estate of Patricia O'Brien Strigel and Mogens Strigel, Houston, Texas. Literature: Maia Jalenak, Helen M. Turner, American Impressionist, A Thesis at Louisiana State University, 2003, illustrated p. 114.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
May. 18, 2014
Helen Maria Turner (USA/Louisiana, 1858-1958)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "In the Vegetable Garden", oil on canvas, signed lower left, verso with an "Akron Art Museum" exhibition label and a "Dixon Gallery & Gardens" exhibition label, 13-1/4" x 10-1/4". Framed. Provenance: Estate of Patricia O'Brien Strigel and Mogens Strigel, Houston, Texas. Exhibited: Dixon Gallery & Gardens, "Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View", June 27-September 19, 2010. Literature: Jane Ward Faquin, Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View, 2010, p. 70.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Feb. 23, 2013
Helen Maria Turner (American/LA, 1858-1958)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "Along the Path", oil on canvas affixed to board, signed lower right, 10 1/4 in. x 14 in., period gilt frame. Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist: to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd ; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans. Note: To be included in Kaycee Benton's forthcoming catalogue raisonné on Helen Maria Turner Start Price: USD 5000
Neal Auction Company
Dec. 02, 2012
Helen M. Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958)
Est: $75,000 - $125,000
Helen M. Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "The Moth", oil on canvas,1918, signed and dated lower right, 27-1/2" x 19-1/2". Framed. Provenance: Family of Sitter, Montclair, New Jersey; Private Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana. Exhibited: National Academy of Design, 1918; Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia and Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, illustrated on page 28 of the exhibition catalog. To be included in Kaycee Benton's forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Helen M. Turner. One of the most significant American Impressionist painters, Turner has long been admired for her evocative interior scenes of women and children. Employing a cool, rich color palette and an energetic, but controlled, brushstroke, her luminous paintings reveal a complex interplay of light and shadow. In the portrait presented here, the tonalist quality of the painting is enhanced by the thick application of paint, allowing the shadows to gently merge with the contours of the figure. Though inspired by the works of the great French impressionists, Turner was almost exclusively American trained. She studied at the Art Student's League in New York under Douglas Volk (1856-1935) and Kenyon Cox (1856-1919), continuing with Volk at the Women's Art School of Cooper Union. Turner spent several summers in Italy with William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), joining that artist's select study group. In 1906 Charles Curran (1862-1941) introduced Turner to the artist's colony in Cragsmoor, New York where she soon maintained a studio and home, becoming an active and influential member of the summer community. Turner was a member of the New Orleans Art Association, New York Watercolor Club, and the National Association of Portrait Painters, among numerous other associations. Her many awards include the Shaw Memorial Prize of the National Academy of Design in 1913, the Altman Prize of the National Academy of Design in 1921, and the gold medal at the National Art Club in 1927. She was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1913 and was awarded full Academician status in 1921, the first Louisiana to receive that prestigious honor. Reference: Faquin. Helen M. Turner: The Woman's Point of View . 2010, Memphis: Dixon Galleries and Gardens. Please Note: Start Price USD $60000
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Nov. 17, 2012
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958), "Portrait of a Young Woman Seated in an Interior, New Orleans", oil on canvas, unsigned, two handwritten labels inscribed Dr. James M. Todd, Jr. and Louvre Frame Co., New York City en verso, 40 1/2 in x 30 1/4 in., period frame Provenance: Descended in the family of the artist to her cousin Margaret Texada Todd; Estate of Dr. James M. Todd, Jr., 17 Richmond Place, New Orleans, LA. Note: To be included in Kaycee Benton's forthcoming catalogue raisonne on Helen Marie Turner. Starting Bid: $17000
Neal Auction Company
Apr. 21, 2012
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans,
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958), "Flowers", oil on canvas, signed lower left, inscribed "H. Turner" en verso, 18 in. x 15 in., in original Arts and Crafts frame with artist plaque that includes title and inscription: First Prize - 1934 Provenance: Previously in the Collection of Maplewood Woman's Club, New Jersey; to present owner. Note : In Cragsmoor, New York, where Helen Maria Turner owned a house and spent most of her time after moving from New Orleans, gardening was a popular activity within the art community. Turner, an avid gardener, loved painting flowers and most likely gathered these particular blooms from her own garden. For which competition this painting won first prize is unknown. It is possible that Turner submitted it to an exhibition at a women's art club. According to Turner scholar Kaycee Benton, this painting was also exhibited at the Grand Central Art Gallery in New York in 1931 To be included in Kaycee Benton's forthcoming catalogue raisonné."
Neal Auction Company
Sep. 10, 2011
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858)
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958), "The Laughing Girl", 1917, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 24 1/8 in. x 18 1/4 in., in a period giltwood frame
Neal Auction Company
Jul. 31, 2011
Helen Maria Turner (Louisiana, 1858-1958)
Est: $25,000 - $40,000
Helen Maria Turner (American/Louisiana, 1858-1958) "Late Afternoon", oil on canvas, signed lower left "Helen M. Turner", titled and signed on a fragment of the original liner, 28-1/2" x 46". Presented in a Aesthetic-style giltwood frame. Provenance: Private Collector, Massachusetts. New Orleans Auction galleries is pleased to offer this important example of Helen Maria Turner's work. This painting depicts a subject matter repeated in many of the artist's most successful paintings: a young woman with a garden as the backdrop. It was probably painted around 1916 at Cragsmoor, an American art colony in upstate New York where Turner became a resident in 1910 and where she spent most of her summers until shortly before the sale of her home "Takusan" in 1942. The subject of the "Late Afternoon" is captured in a solitary moment reading a book in a shaded, cool spot of a garden one summer afternoon. True to Turner's impressionistic style, there is a shimmering play of bright sunlight filtered through the trees in the background, while both the figure and the carefully-arranged still life on the table reflect the green/blue hues of the surroundings. This sparse and dramatic play of light and choice of colors is very similar to "Song of Summer", now at The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As in other works by Turner, the figure's white dress is executed with loose, long brush strokes in contrast to the fully painted, deeply shadowed face, arms and background. Helen Turner's keen observations of the human form are evident in the graceful lines of the subject's arms revealed beneath the thin fabric of the sleeves, and in the successfully rendered relaxed state of the reader. "Late Afternoon" was painted during the period of Helen Turner's most prolific and successful output, the first quarter of the 20th century, when her inspirational Cragsmoor was teeming with fellow artists. The majority of Helen Turner's paintings produced during this time were large canvasses of women posed in garden settings, along with smaller canvasses of women posed in interior scenes. Paintings from Cragsmoor won her national acclaim. "The Flower Girl", which won the Second Altman Prize, made her the first woman ever to receive any of the renowned Altman prizes. References: Dixon Gallery and Garden, Helen M. Turner, The Woman's Point of View , Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Maia Jalenak.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Nov. 30, 2010
HELEN M TURNER Woodland scene oil on canvas,
Est: £200 - £400
HELEN M TURNER Woodland scene oil on canvas, signed 75cm x 60cm
McTear's
Nov. 30, 2010
HELEN M TURNER Beach scene oil on canvas, signed
Est: £400 - £800
HELEN M TURNER Beach scene oil on canvas, signed 59cm x 74.5cm
McTear's
Nov. 30, 2010
HELEN M TURNER Woodland scene oil on canvas,
Est: £400 - £800
HELEN M TURNER Woodland scene oil on canvas, signed 65cm x 70cm
McTear's
Apr. 25, 2010
HELEN MARIA TURNER (American, 1858-1958) interior
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
HELEN MARIA TURNER (American, 1858-1958) interior scene with 2 women viewing jewels sgn. l.r. Helen M. Turner o/p, 20 by 24 in., gilt frame
CRN Auctions
Mar. 28, 2010
*Helen M. Turner, (American 1858-1958), Girl Holding Flowers at Window, 1924
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Helen M. Turner (American 1858-1958) Girl Holding Flowers at Window, 1924 oil on canvas signed (upper right) 5 1/2 x 7 inches.
Hindman
Dec. 05, 2009
Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958) The Aberlady Bay
Est: £100 - £150
Helen Maria Turner (1858-1958) The Aberlady Bay Signed oil on canvas, 51x76cm
Shapes Auctioneers & Valuers
May. 15, 2009
Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958) Village Street Signed and dated "Helen M. Turner 190...
Est: $200 - $400
Helen Maria Turner (American, 1858-1958) Village Street Signed and dated "Helen M. Turner 1904" l.l. Watercolor and gouache on gray/green paper, sight size 13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm), framed. Condition: Laid down, fading.
Skinner
Oct. 11, 2008
Helen Maria Turner (New York/New Orleans,
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Helen Maria Turner (New York/New Orleans, 1858-1958), "Mexican Quarters, Cuernavaca", oil on canvas, signed lower left, c. 1930s, hand-written note from the artist reading "Mexican Quarters, Painted in Cuernavaca, Mexico - Banana Trees were handsome: Mexicans were always hanging around - the great tower of the Cathedral in the background was very beautiful, H.M. Turner" and Babcock Gallery, New York label en verso, 25 1/4 in. x 30 1/4 in., in period Newcomb-Macklin frame.
Neal Auction Company
May. 03, 2008
Helen Maria Turner, N.A. (American/New Orleans,
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
Helen Maria Turner, N.A. (American/New Orleans, 1858-1958) , "Italian Girl", oil on canvas affixed to masonite, signed and dated "N.Y. 1921" lower left, Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, Grand Central Terminal, New York label and remnant of "...
Neal Auction Company
Oct. 10, 2007
Helen Maria Turner 1858-1958 , Mountain Boy oil on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
signed Helen M. Turner , u.l. oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 29, 2004
HELEN MARIA TURNER 1858-1958
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
signed HELEN M. TURNER, l.l.; signed H.M. Turner, titled Mexican Quarters and inscribed Painted in Cuernavaca Mexico -- Banana Trees were handsome; Mexicans were always hanging around -- The great tower of the cathedral in the background was very beautiful on an old label affixed to the stretcher oil on canvas Condition Note: Lined SURFACE: in generally good condition; dirty varnish has darkened/yellowed protions of sky slightly--could probably use a cleaning UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered inpainting in sky area; thickly applied pigments in various colors, some of which still fluoresce slightly make the lower half of work hard to read--there may be some inpainting here
Sotheby's