Fine American & European Paintings & Sculpture

Two sales are held in this category each year, in June and December. The closing date for consignments is generally two months in advance.

These auctions will typically feature Old Master paintings as well as works dating from the 18th to the early 20th centuries from countries across Europe and with subjects ranging from landscapes and historical portraiture to genre paintings. Such works are advertised internationally via the internet and print media and through our exclusive association with Lyon & Turnbull, the United Kingdom's leading regional auction house.

The American section generally includes paintings and sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries. Previous auctions have reflected the diverse traditions associated with American art ranging from the Hudson River School, the Ashcan School (many ashcan artists studied in Philadelphia), Regionalism, Western art, and illustration.

Freeman's is perhaps best known, however, for its success with the Pennsylvania Impressionist artists. We have sold more works by these painters than any other leading auction house and have consistently set and held world record prices.

Our December auction features our extremely popular section established in 2000 for Artists of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Works by painters and sculptors who either studied or taught at America's oldest art school are sold, appropriately enough, through its oldest auction house. Both institutions were founded in the same year, 1805.