George (1885) Biddle Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George (1885) Biddle Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 12, 2026
George Biddle 1933 lithograph of Tom Mooney
Est: $100 - $200
Biddle, George (American/Pennsylvania, 1885-1973), Tom Mooney, Prosecution has no evidence to support a verdict of Guilty, 1933, lithograph, 13.5 x 9 inches, signed, dated, and titled lower right, framed measuring 23 x 18 inches.
Concept Art Gallery
Aug. 08, 2026
3 American prints
Est: $200 - $400
1). George Biddle (1885-1973)- Mother's Day- lithograph, 1928, signed, dated, titled and numbered 25/50 in pencil. 2). Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876-1952)- Girl with Towel- etching, signed in pencil. 3). Levon West (1900-1968)- Mountain Climbers- etching, signed and numbered 92/100 in pencil. 10 x 13 7/8" (largest)
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 17, 2026
George Biddle 1885-1973 Woman & Pompadour Painting
Est: $100 - $1,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), graphite and watercolor on paper depicting a stylized portrait of a woman with pompadour hairstyle. Verso retains a Patti Cadby Birch / Everett B. Birch Collection label identifying the work as Woman w/ Pompadour, dated 1945, with an EBB inventory number. Presented in a frame without glass. Approximate sight size 15.5" x 9". Dimensions: 23 X 16.5 X 0.75 in. Condition: Good overall antique condition with typical surface wear. The canvas exhibits normal to mild storage wear along the edges. Note: This condition statement is provided as a courtesy and reflects an opinion, not a statement of fact. Bidders are encouraged to inspect items in person or through an agent to assess condition. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping Information: Hill Auction Gallery does not offer in-house packing or shipping services. As a courtesy, we are pleased to refer trusted third-party shipping providers for buyer convenience. Buyers are encouraged to contact shippers directly to obtain packing quotes, shipping rates, insurance options, and estimated transit times. Additional local, domestic, and international shipper referrals may be available upon request. Parcel Shipping Providers: First Class Shipping Center, 11700 NW 41st Street, Coral Springs, FL. Phone (754) 800-7674. Email 1shippingcenter@gmail.com. Mr. Ship Pro, 7838 NW 44th St, Sunrise, FL 33351. Phone (305) 783-9504. Email roberto@mrshippro.com. The UPS Store #2881, 11110 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, FL 33351. Phone (954) 572-4004. Email store2881@theupsstore.com. Freight & Large Item Shipping / Local Florida Delivery: Available through independent providers. Please contact info@hillauctiongallery.com for referrals based on item size, location, and delivery requirements.
Hill Auction Gallery
Jun. 17, 2026
George Biddle 1885-1973 Woman Portrait Painting
Est: $100 - $1,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), paint and graphite portrait on canvas depicting a woman with long hair, rendered in a loose, expressive monochrome style using graphite and paint on canvas. Verso retains a Patti Cadby Birch / Everett B. Birch Collection label identifying the work as Womans Portrait - Long Hair, dated 1945, with EBB number 83 and dimensions noted. Additional framing label is present. The medium is listed on the label as oil on canvas - black on white, though the work appears to incorporate graphite with paint. Presented in a decorative frame. Work Size: 20.25 x 16.25 in. Dimensions: 23 X 19 X 1.5 in. Condition: Good overall vintage condition with typical age-related surface wear. The canvas shows light handling wear and surface variation consistent with mixed media. The frame exhibits storage wear to the edges and corners. Labels on verso show expected wear from age and handling. Note: This condition statement is provided as a courtesy and reflects an opinion, not a statement of fact. Bidders are encouraged to inspect items in person or through an agent to assess condition. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping Information: Hill Auction Gallery does not offer in-house packing or shipping services. As a courtesy, we are pleased to refer trusted third-party shipping providers for buyer convenience. Buyers are encouraged to contact shippers directly to obtain packing quotes, shipping rates, insurance options, and estimated transit times. Additional local, domestic, and international shipper referrals may be available upon request. Parcel Shipping Providers: First Class Shipping Center, 11700 NW 41st Street, Coral Springs, FL. Phone (754) 800-7674. Email 1shippingcenter@gmail.com. Mr. Ship Pro, 7838 NW 44th St, Sunrise, FL 33351. Phone (305) 783-9504. Email roberto@mrshippro.com. The UPS Store #2881, 11110 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, FL 33351. Phone (954) 572-4004. Email store2881@theupsstore.com. Freight & Large Item Shipping / Local Florida Delivery: Available through independent providers. Please contact info@hillauctiongallery.com for referrals based on item size, location, and delivery requirements.
Hill Auction Gallery
May. 20, 2026
George Biddle 1933 lithograph of Tom Mooney
Est: $200 - $400
Biddle, George (American/ Pennsylvania 1885 - 1973), Tom Mooney, Prosecution has no evidence to support a verdict of Guilty, 1933, lithograph, 13.5 x 9 inches, signed, dated, and titled lower right, framed measuring 23 x 18 inches
Concept Art Gallery
Apr. 18, 2026
Print, George Biddle
Est: $200 - $400
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), Untitled (Three Standing Nudes), 1926, lithograph, pencil signed and dated lower right, overall (with frame): 17"h x 14"w
Clars Auctions
Apr. 15, 2026
GEORGE BIDDLE (Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973), "San Juan, Santo Domingo"., Screenprint, 8.75" x 11.75". Unframed.
Est: $100 - $200
GEORGE BIDDLE Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973 "San Juan, Santo Domingo". Signed "George Biddle" and titled lower right.
Sandwich Auction House
Mar. 24, 2026
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), ‘There is Blood Upon Your Hand’, Lithograph, Signed in Plate and apparently faintly signed out of plate l.r., Frame: 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (31.1 x 36.2 cm.)
Est: $80 - $150
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), ‘There is Blood Upon Your Hand', Lithograph, Signed in Plate and apparently faintly signed out of plate l.r., Property from a Prominent Potomac Collection
Weschler's
Feb. 20, 2026
Watercolor, George Biddle
Est: $600 - $900
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), Deer, 1954, watercolor, signed and dated lower left, sight: 10"h x 6.5"w, overall (with frame): 15"h x 12"w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 24, 2026
George Biddle, Rock Wall, Monoprint, 1967
Est: $100 - $150
George Biddle (1885-1973), rock wall, monoprint, 1967, signed L/R, 14" x 17",framed 20" x 24". Provenance: Estate of Dalia Zikas, Melrose, Massachusetts.
Kaminski Auctions
Dec. 06, 2025
12 George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) lithographs
Est: $300 - $600
The Twelve 12 lithographs, 1930, this set was created as illustrations for Alexander Blok's poem The Twelve. 16 x 11 1/2" (sheet)
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Dec. 06, 2025
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Hombre Que Sin Vergeunza lithograph, 1928, signed, titled and numbered 70/100 in pencil. 9 7/8 x 13 3/4'' Literature: Pennigar 78
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 17, 2025
GEORGE BIDDLE (Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973), A woman in profile., Watercolor on paper, 13.5" x 9.5" sight. Framed 24.5" x 20".
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GEORGE BIDDLE Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973 A woman in profile. Signed upper left "G. Biddle Paris".
Eldred's
Jun. 16, 2025
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) Portrait of Jose Clemente Orozco, 1929
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) Portrait of Jose Clemente Orozco, 1929 oil on canvas signed Biddle and dated (lower right) 30 x 20 in. Property from the Ingersoll Family Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Freeman’s | Hindman
Jun. 08, 2025
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) The Card Players, 1928
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) The Card Players, 1928 oil on canvas signed Biddle and dated (lower left) 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. Property from the Ingersoll Family Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Freeman’s | Hindman
May. 31, 2025
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) drypoint
Est: $300 - $600
Kneeling Negress with Parrot drypoint in colors, 1917, signed in pencil. 10 x 7 7/8'' Literature: Pennigar 16
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 08, 2025
GEORGE BIDDLE, American 1885-1973, Cuban Farm, 1925, oil on canvas, 16 x 36 in. (40.6 x 91.4 cm.), Frame: 20 1/4 x 40 x 2 in. (51.4 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm.)
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
GEORGE BIDDLE American, 1885-1973 Cuban Farm, 1925 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right "Biddle / 1925", numbered on the reverse "No. 134"; inscribed on the stretcher "for Carl Moos"
Shannon's
Mar. 02, 2025
GEORGE BIDDLE PRINT - 3 GRACES
Est: $200 - $300
Original black and white lithograph of 3 nude women, pencil signed George Biddle and titled Three Graces. Published 1926. 13.5 x 10.25 in, framed 18 x 15 in. (George Biddle PA & CA figure painter 1885-1973)
Americana Auctions
Feb. 15, 2025
George BIDDLE: "Self-Portrait".
Est: $200 - $250
George BIDDLE (American, 1885-1973): "Self-Portrait". Lithograph on wove paper, 1932. Reference: Pennigar 105. Edition of 40. Scarce. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the stone. Image size: 10 1/2 x 8 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Jun. 23, 2024
George Biddle (1885 - 1973) Antique American Modernist Horse Landscape Original Oil Painting
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Antique American oil painting by George Biddle (1885 - 1973). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from D. Wigmore Fine Art. Please see all images for condition. Size is measured and written on the back of the painting. The first size is the overall size, the second size is the image size. For detailed condition questions please text 617-835-2496.
Curated Gallery Auctions
Feb. 10, 2024
George Biddle, Pennsylvania, California (1885 - 1973), Soldiers and Dog, 1930, lithograph, 15 3/4"H x 11 1/2"W (sheet)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle Pennsylvania, California, (1885 - 1973) Soldiers and Dog, 1930 lithograph Pencil signed, dated, and numbered 15/100 lower right. Signed in the plate. Biography from TheJohnsonCollection.org: In his 1939 autobiography entitled An American Artist's Story, George Biddle wrote that art "is a re-creation, a reaction to, a critique of life, expressed subconsciously in a given medium with a certain rhythm." Over the course of a fifty-year career that spanned continents, media, and aesthetic schools, Biddle created works that gave expressive form to his own experiences and to the changing face of twentieth-century life. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family, Biddle was educated in places of privilege, including Groton, Harvard, and Harvard Law School. His family's social expectations contradicted his own creative instincts, a tension at the root of two youthful emotional breakdowns. By 1911, the artist had discovered his own voice and enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. The following year, he furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Throughout his life, Biddle was an inveterate traveler who absorbed lessons while working in Europe, Tahiti, South America, Africa, and Asia. Living abroad in the early decades of the twentieth century, Biddle developed relationships with a wide swath of artists whose work shaped his own development, including Fred Frieseke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Jules Pascin. Following service as an infantry officer on the French front from 1917–1919, Biddle emerged from the Great War "with a clearly defined orientation and a desperate need to make up for lost time." For two years, he lived in a Polynesian village before establishing a studio in New York, a decision that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for world travel. In 1928, Biddle accompanied the muralist Diego Rivera on a sketching trip in Mexico, an experience that would inform his own highly successful career as a social realist focused on contemporary America. Rivera's influence and Regionalist painting trends in the United States—such as strongly demarcated facial features and exaggerated physical forms—can be seen in Biddle's mature oeuvre, including In the Breakers and Street Shoppers, Charleston, South Carolina. At the invitation of DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy, and the composer George Gershwin, Biddle visited Charleston, South Carolina, in 1930. For two months, he sketched genre scenes and figure studies, many of which were later developed into finished studio canvases. A selection of his illustrations were ultimately published in Gershwin's original 1935 libretto to Porgy and Bess. During the Depression, Biddle drew on his childhood connection with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion the development of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Active as a painter, teacher, and writer throughout his later years, Biddle's drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in over one hundred solo exhibitions, and were also represented in important group shows. His work is represented in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 10, 2024
George Biddle, Pennsylvania, California (1885 - 1973), "Katia! She is Dead! The Pretty Slut Shot Through the Head.", lithograph, 11 1/8"H x 8 1/2"W (sight), 17 1/8"H x 14 1/2"W (mat)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle Pennsylvania, California, (1885 - 1973) "Katia! She is Dead! The Pretty Slut Shot Through the Head." lithograph Pencil signed and numbered 1/100 lower right, titled lower left. Signed in the plate. Biography from TheJohnsonCollection.org: In his 1939 autobiography entitled An American Artist's Story, George Biddle wrote that art "is a re-creation, a reaction to, a critique of life, expressed subconsciously in a given medium with a certain rhythm." Over the course of a fifty-year career that spanned continents, media, and aesthetic schools, Biddle created works that gave expressive form to his own experiences and to the changing face of twentieth-century life. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family, Biddle was educated in places of privilege, including Groton, Harvard, and Harvard Law School. His family's social expectations contradicted his own creative instincts, a tension at the root of two youthful emotional breakdowns. By 1911, the artist had discovered his own voice and enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. The following year, he furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Throughout his life, Biddle was an inveterate traveler who absorbed lessons while working in Europe, Tahiti, South America, Africa, and Asia. Living abroad in the early decades of the twentieth century, Biddle developed relationships with a wide swath of artists whose work shaped his own development, including Fred Frieseke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Jules Pascin. Following service as an infantry officer on the French front from 1917–1919, Biddle emerged from the Great War "with a clearly defined orientation and a desperate need to make up for lost time." For two years, he lived in a Polynesian village before establishing a studio in New York, a decision that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for world travel. In 1928, Biddle accompanied the muralist Diego Rivera on a sketching trip in Mexico, an experience that would inform his own highly successful career as a social realist focused on contemporary America. Rivera's influence and Regionalist painting trends in the United States—such as strongly demarcated facial features and exaggerated physical forms—can be seen in Biddle's mature oeuvre, including In the Breakers and Street Shoppers, Charleston, South Carolina. At the invitation of DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy, and the composer George Gershwin, Biddle visited Charleston, South Carolina, in 1930. For two months, he sketched genre scenes and figure studies, many of which were later developed into finished studio canvases. A selection of his illustrations were ultimately published in Gershwin's original 1935 libretto to Porgy and Bess. During the Depression, Biddle drew on his childhood connection with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion the development of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Active as a painter, teacher, and writer throughout his later years, Biddle's drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in over one hundred solo exhibitions, and were also represented in important group shows. His work is represented in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Ripley Auctions
Jan. 30, 2024
GEORGE BIDDLE - THE THREE GRACES
Est: $100 - $200
Lot 232 George Biddle American (1885-1973) The Three Graces (1926) lithograph signed lower right plate: 12 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches frame dimensions: 20 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches wood, frame with glazing Provenance: from a Chelsea, Manhattan Collection Eva Lee Gallery, Great Neck, New York, label affixed to verso
Capsule Gallery Auction
Jan. 24, 2024
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973)
Est: $200 - $400
Watercolor on paper. Signed 'George Biddle' and dated '1930' (lower right).
Cottone Auctions
Dec. 05, 2023
George Biddle (American, 1885–1973) - Study for Tenement Fresco
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
George Biddle (American, 1885–1973) - Study for Tenement Fresco Dedicated verso with sketch of vase verso, watercolor on paper. 15 x 10 ½ in. (38.1x26.7cm) Unframed. Provenance Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) - Pennsylvania Landscape
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) - Pennsylvania Landscape Signed and dated ‘Biddle/1947’ bottom right; also signed, titled, and numbered ‘581’ verso; also dated and pencil titled ‘Autumn Landscape, Pennsylvania,’ and with ‘Artists Reproduction Rights’ stamp on upper stretcher verso, oil on canvas 25 ¼ x 40 ¼ in. (64.1 x 102.2cm) Provenance The Artist's Estate. D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc., New York, New York. Acquired from the above in 2000. Christie's, New York, sale of April 5, 2011, lot 149. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, New York, New York.
Freeman's | Hindman
Dec. 03, 2023
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) - Tahitian Scene
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) - Tahitian Scene Signed with artist's initialed cypher and dated ‘GB 1920’ bottom left; also inscribed in Tahitian ‘E MEA MAITAI TE ORA I TAOTIRA (Life is Good to the Son of the Son)’ bottom right, oil on canvas 25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 88.9cm) Provenance Private Collection, Washington, D.C. Lot Essay Born into a well-to-do Philadelphia family, George Biddle was initially a Harvard educated attorney, but remains best known for both his association with the Federal Art Project and as a social realist who presided over the National Society of Mural Painters (his often-cited Society Freed Through Justice hangs in the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C.). A brief but noteworthy aspect of Biddle’s life includes the time he spent in Tahiti. He traveled there as a young man after serving in World War I. Executed in 1920, the present painting is a great example of Biddle‘s Tahitian-themed oeuvre, which features works that successfully document the local people and environs. Biddle created a journal about his time in Tahiti, and while there, he learned the local dialect and gained an understanding and appreciation of the native culture. Remarking about the people of Tahiti, Biddle once said: “They are far happier than most of us, for they only live in the present.”
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 15, 2023
George Biddle "Mimi Kaplan with Cats" Painting
Est: $3,500 - $6,000
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973). Oil on canvas painting titled "Mimi Kaplan with Cats" depicting a portrait of a young girl with a stuffed animal and two pet cats, 1939. Signed and dated along the lower left. With a label from D. Wigmore Fine Art affixed to the verso. Provenance: D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York; Private Minnesota Collection.
Revere Auctions
Oct. 28, 2023
George Biddle, Pennsylvania, California (1885 - 1973), portrait of two men in profile, 1937, lithograph, 14 1/8"H x 20"W (sheet)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle Pennsylvania, California, (1885 - 1973) portrait of two men in profile, 1937 lithograph Signed and dated lower right. Biography from TheJohnsonCollection.org: In his 1939 autobiography entitled An American Artist's Story, George Biddle wrote that art "is a re-creation, a reaction to, a critique of life, expressed subconsciously in a given medium with a certain rhythm." Over the course of a fifty-year career that spanned continents, media, and aesthetic schools, Biddle created works that gave expressive form to his own experiences and to the changing face of twentieth-century life. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family, Biddle was educated in places of privilege, including Groton, Harvard, and Harvard Law School. His family's social expectations contradicted his own creative instincts, a tension at the root of two youthful emotional breakdowns. By 1911, the artist had discovered his own voice and enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. The following year, he furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Throughout his life, Biddle was an inveterate traveler who absorbed lessons while working in Europe, Tahiti, South America, Africa, and Asia. Living abroad in the early decades of the twentieth century, Biddle developed relationships with a wide swath of artists whose work shaped his own development, including Fred Frieseke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Jules Pascin. Following service as an infantry officer on the French front from 1917–1919, Biddle emerged from the Great War "with a clearly defined orientation and a desperate need to make up for lost time." For two years, he lived in a Polynesian village before establishing a studio in New York, a decision that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for world travel. In 1928, Biddle accompanied the muralist Diego Rivera on a sketching trip in Mexico, an experience that would inform his own highly successful career as a social realist focused on contemporary America. Rivera's influence and Regionalist painting trends in the United States—such as strongly demarcated facial features and exaggerated physical forms—can be seen in Biddle's mature oeuvre, including In the Breakers and Street Shoppers, Charleston, South Carolina. At the invitation of DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy, and the composer George Gershwin, Biddle visited Charleston, South Carolina, in 1930. For two months, he sketched genre scenes and figure studies, many of which were later developed into finished studio canvases. A selection of his illustrations were ultimately published in Gershwin's original 1935 libretto to Porgy and Bess. During the Depression, Biddle drew on his childhood connection with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion the development of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Active as a painter, teacher, and writer throughout his later years, Biddle's drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in over one hundred solo exhibitions, and were also represented in important group shows. His work is represented in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 28, 2023
George Biddle, Pennsylvania, California (1885 - 1973), Soldiers and Dog, 1930, lithograph, 15 3/4"H x 11 1/2"W (sheet)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle Pennsylvania, California, (1885 - 1973) Soldiers and Dog, 1930 lithograph Pencil signed, dated, and numbered 15/100 lower right. Signed in the plate. Biography from TheJohnsonCollection.org: In his 1939 autobiography entitled An American Artist's Story, George Biddle wrote that art "is a re-creation, a reaction to, a critique of life, expressed subconsciously in a given medium with a certain rhythm." Over the course of a fifty-year career that spanned continents, media, and aesthetic schools, Biddle created works that gave expressive form to his own experiences and to the changing face of twentieth-century life. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family, Biddle was educated in places of privilege, including Groton, Harvard, and Harvard Law School. His family's social expectations contradicted his own creative instincts, a tension at the root of two youthful emotional breakdowns. By 1911, the artist had discovered his own voice and enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. The following year, he furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Throughout his life, Biddle was an inveterate traveler who absorbed lessons while working in Europe, Tahiti, South America, Africa, and Asia. Living abroad in the early decades of the twentieth century, Biddle developed relationships with a wide swath of artists whose work shaped his own development, including Fred Frieseke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Jules Pascin. Following service as an infantry officer on the French front from 1917–1919, Biddle emerged from the Great War "with a clearly defined orientation and a desperate need to make up for lost time." For two years, he lived in a Polynesian village before establishing a studio in New York, a decision that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for world travel. In 1928, Biddle accompanied the muralist Diego Rivera on a sketching trip in Mexico, an experience that would inform his own highly successful career as a social realist focused on contemporary America. Rivera's influence and Regionalist painting trends in the United States—such as strongly demarcated facial features and exaggerated physical forms—can be seen in Biddle's mature oeuvre, including In the Breakers and Street Shoppers, Charleston, South Carolina. At the invitation of DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy, and the composer George Gershwin, Biddle visited Charleston, South Carolina, in 1930. For two months, he sketched genre scenes and figure studies, many of which were later developed into finished studio canvases. A selection of his illustrations were ultimately published in Gershwin's original 1935 libretto to Porgy and Bess. During the Depression, Biddle drew on his childhood connection with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion the development of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Active as a painter, teacher, and writer throughout his later years, Biddle's drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in over one hundred solo exhibitions, and were also represented in important group shows. His work is represented in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 28, 2023
George Biddle, Pennsylvania, California (1885 - 1973), "Katia! She is Dead! The Pretty Slut Shot Through the Head.", lithograph, 11 1/8"H x 8 1/2"W (sight), 17 1/8"H x 14 1/2"W (mat)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle Pennsylvania, California, (1885 - 1973) "Katia! She is Dead! The Pretty Slut Shot Through the Head." lithograph Pencil signed and numbered 1/100 lower right, titled lower left. Signed in the plate. Biography from TheJohnsonCollection.org: In his 1939 autobiography entitled An American Artist's Story, George Biddle wrote that art "is a re-creation, a reaction to, a critique of life, expressed subconsciously in a given medium with a certain rhythm." Over the course of a fifty-year career that spanned continents, media, and aesthetic schools, Biddle created works that gave expressive form to his own experiences and to the changing face of twentieth-century life. Born to a prominent Philadelphia family, Biddle was educated in places of privilege, including Groton, Harvard, and Harvard Law School. His family's social expectations contradicted his own creative instincts, a tension at the root of two youthful emotional breakdowns. By 1911, the artist had discovered his own voice and enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris. The following year, he furthered his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Throughout his life, Biddle was an inveterate traveler who absorbed lessons while working in Europe, Tahiti, South America, Africa, and Asia. Living abroad in the early decades of the twentieth century, Biddle developed relationships with a wide swath of artists whose work shaped his own development, including Fred Frieseke, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Jules Pascin. Following service as an infantry officer on the French front from 1917–1919, Biddle emerged from the Great War "with a clearly defined orientation and a desperate need to make up for lost time." For two years, he lived in a Polynesian village before establishing a studio in New York, a decision that did little to dampen his enthusiasm for world travel. In 1928, Biddle accompanied the muralist Diego Rivera on a sketching trip in Mexico, an experience that would inform his own highly successful career as a social realist focused on contemporary America. Rivera's influence and Regionalist painting trends in the United States—such as strongly demarcated facial features and exaggerated physical forms—can be seen in Biddle's mature oeuvre, including In the Breakers and Street Shoppers, Charleston, South Carolina. At the invitation of DuBose Heyward, author of Porgy, and the composer George Gershwin, Biddle visited Charleston, South Carolina, in 1930. For two months, he sketched genre scenes and figure studies, many of which were later developed into finished studio canvases. A selection of his illustrations were ultimately published in Gershwin's original 1935 libretto to Porgy and Bess. During the Depression, Biddle drew on his childhood connection with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to champion the development of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Active as a painter, teacher, and writer throughout his later years, Biddle's drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been featured in over one hundred solo exhibitions, and were also represented in important group shows. His work is represented in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of Fine Art, among others.
Ripley Auctions
Aug. 09, 2023
George Biddle (1885-1973) Pennsylvania California & Maurice Earle (1905-) New York (two)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle MOTHER AND CHILD, 1955, lithograph, signed and numbered 73/125 in pencil, printed by Lynton Kistler with blind stamp lower left, image 8 x 5”, sheet 11 x 8”, mat 14 x 11”; Together with Maurice Earle THE TEN O’CLOCK COMMENTATOR, lithograph, signed and titled in pencil, sheet 10 ½ x 16 ¼”, mat 16 x 20”. (2)
Clark's Fine Art & Auctioneers Inc.
May. 10, 2023
George BIDDLE: "Catfish Row" (1936) - Lithograph
Est: $500 - $800
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) lithograph titled "Catfish Row" (or Catfish Alley), 1936. Signed faintly in the plate lower right. American Artists Group publishers imprint to verso, with further stamp to verso of mat. Provenance: Phyllis Lucas Gallery, NYC. [Sheet: 13 1/4" H x 17 3/4" W; Mat: 15 1/2" H x 18" W].
Roland Auctions NY
Apr. 29, 2023
George Biddle, American (1885-1973), Gathering Flowers on the Banks of the Hudson, 1926, lithograph, 9 1/2"H x 12"W (sight), 16"H x 20"W (mat)
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle American, (1885-1973) Gathering Flowers on the Banks of the Hudson, 1926 lithograph Numbered 2/50 and titled lower left, signed and dated lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: George Biddle's autobiography of 1939, An American Artist's Story, is the main source for any study of the artist. Most of Biddle's tale involves Depression-era, American Scene mural painting, for which Biddle was personally responsible, by suggesting a government-sponsored program to his old friend and classmate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born on January 24, 1885 in Philadelphia, Biddle received his B.A. from Harvard where he then completed his doctorate in law. He received art instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, at the Académie Julian in Paris and then in Munich. During the first world war, Biddle lived in Giverny (1915-16) where he painted outdoor nudes such as Back of a Nude with Parasol (Eleanor and Irv Welling) and Summer 1919 in an impressionist manner. During this last wave of American expatriate painters at Giverny, Biddle was clearly influenced by Frederick Frieseke, as he explained (Biddle, 1939, p. 149): "Long summers I spent in Giverny near my friend Fred Frieseke, painting in the good plein air, impressionist tradition. Frieseke had a clear palette. I fell into it as a duck takes to water, after the mud of Munich, Julien's [sic] and the Pennsylvania Academy." Biddle added that one could see Monet "over his garden wall;" he knew Louis Ritman, and mentioned three other influential figures: Adolphe Borie (on whom he wrote a monograph in 1937), Degas, and Mary Cassatt. He even met Rodin. Captain George Biddle served in the G2 Section of the First Army Corps during the war, was discharged in April 1919, and traveled clear to Tahiti to erase the memories of war and to find peace (1920-22). There he explored various media: wood and stone sculpture, wood block prints and even marquetry. The Pennsylvania Academy has his painting Tahitians from that trip, which reflects Gauguin's influence in the outlining of forms — here almost a cloisonnisme, while the human figures have a statuesque massiveness. There is no trace of the accidental lighting in the Frieseke-inspired taches of sunlight of the earlier period. Biddle returned to America, this time to New York City and continued with sculpture, but soon he was back in Paris. That was during an exciting decade of American expatriatism — when even some bohemians were well off financially and there was plenty of intellectual and aesthetic stimulation, as Brancusi, Zadkine, Marie Laurencin, Léger, and Chagall met in the café crowd. Biddle visited Gertrude Stein's salon, met James Joyce, Marsden Hartley, and other stars of modernism. He dropped in on Cassatt in January 1926, five months before her death. She still had praise for Degas, and wondered what the world was coming to when such art as Laurencin's was widely accepted. In April, John Singer Sargent dies in his sleep — another great American expatriate who witnessed the flowering of impressionism. American art had passed beyond impressionism and Biddle would soon be a leader in the promotion of a dynamic national school of mural art. Biddle's A Woman with a Letter (1933), which recalls both Raphael Soyer and Charles Demuth, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His own murals include Society Freed through Justice in the Justice Department (1936; now in the University of Maryland), American Revolutionary scenes in the New Brunswick, New Jersey Post Office (1939), two large panels in the Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (1942) and two murals for the Supreme Court Building in Mexico City (1944). The Whitney Museum of American Art has Biddle's Winter in Tortilla Flat (1941). He died at Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1973. Sources: Biddle, George. An American Artist's Story. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1939; Boswell, Peyton Jr. Modern American Painting. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1940, pp. 95-96; Saint-Gaudens, Homer. The American Artist and His Times. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1941, pp. 250, 275-276; Gruskin, Alan D. Painting in the U.S.A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1946, p. 158; Pagano, Grace. The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting. Chicago: 1946, cat. no. 7; Baigell, Matthew. The American Scene: American Painting in the 1930's. New York: Praeger, 1974, pp. 46, 51, 70; Contreras, Belisario R. Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1983; Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 218, 234; Zellman, 1987, p. 805; Preato, Robert R. and Sandra L. Langer. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Transformations in the Modern American Mode 1885-1945. New York: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1988, pp. 44-45, 80; Gerdts, 1993, pp. 206-208, 214. Submitted by Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D.
Ripley Auctions
Apr. 29, 2023
George Biddle, American (1885-1973), Bull and Calf, 1937, lithograph, 13"H x 20"W
Est: $100 - $200
George Biddle American, (1885-1973) Bull and Calf, 1937 lithograph Signed and dated lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: George Biddle's autobiography of 1939, An American Artist's Story, is the main source for any study of the artist. Most of Biddle's tale involves Depression-era, American Scene mural painting, for which Biddle was personally responsible, by suggesting a government-sponsored program to his old friend and classmate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born on January 24, 1885 in Philadelphia, Biddle received his B.A. from Harvard where he then completed his doctorate in law. He received art instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, at the Académie Julian in Paris and then in Munich. During the first world war, Biddle lived in Giverny (1915-16) where he painted outdoor nudes such as Back of a Nude with Parasol (Eleanor and Irv Welling) and Summer 1919 in an impressionist manner. During this last wave of American expatriate painters at Giverny, Biddle was clearly influenced by Frederick Frieseke, as he explained (Biddle, 1939, p. 149): "Long summers I spent in Giverny near my friend Fred Frieseke, painting in the good plein air, impressionist tradition. Frieseke had a clear palette. I fell into it as a duck takes to water, after the mud of Munich, Julien's [sic] and the Pennsylvania Academy." Biddle added that one could see Monet "over his garden wall;" he knew Louis Ritman, and mentioned three other influential figures: Adolphe Borie (on whom he wrote a monograph in 1937), Degas, and Mary Cassatt. He even met Rodin. Captain George Biddle served in the G2 Section of the First Army Corps during the war, was discharged in April 1919, and traveled clear to Tahiti to erase the memories of war and to find peace (1920-22). There he explored various media: wood and stone sculpture, wood block prints and even marquetry. The Pennsylvania Academy has his painting Tahitians from that trip, which reflects Gauguin's influence in the outlining of forms — here almost a cloisonnisme, while the human figures have a statuesque massiveness. There is no trace of the accidental lighting in the Frieseke-inspired taches of sunlight of the earlier period. Biddle returned to America, this time to New York City and continued with sculpture, but soon he was back in Paris. That was during an exciting decade of American expatriatism — when even some bohemians were well off financially and there was plenty of intellectual and aesthetic stimulation, as Brancusi, Zadkine, Marie Laurencin, Léger, and Chagall met in the café crowd. Biddle visited Gertrude Stein's salon, met James Joyce, Marsden Hartley, and other stars of modernism. He dropped in on Cassatt in January 1926, five months before her death. She still had praise for Degas, and wondered what the world was coming to when such art as Laurencin's was widely accepted. In April, John Singer Sargent dies in his sleep — another great American expatriate who witnessed the flowering of impressionism. American art had passed beyond impressionism and Biddle would soon be a leader in the promotion of a dynamic national school of mural art. Biddle's A Woman with a Letter (1933), which recalls both Raphael Soyer and Charles Demuth, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His own murals include Society Freed through Justice in the Justice Department (1936; now in the University of Maryland), American Revolutionary scenes in the New Brunswick, New Jersey Post Office (1939), two large panels in the Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (1942) and two murals for the Supreme Court Building in Mexico City (1944). The Whitney Museum of American Art has Biddle's Winter in Tortilla Flat (1941). He died at Croton-on-Hudson, New York in 1973. Sources: Biddle, George. An American Artist's Story. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1939; Boswell, Peyton Jr. Modern American Painting. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1940, pp. 95-96; Saint-Gaudens, Homer. The American Artist and His Times. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1941, pp. 250, 275-276; Gruskin, Alan D. Painting in the U.S.A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1946, p. 158; Pagano, Grace. The Encyclopaedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting. Chicago: 1946, cat. no. 7; Baigell, Matthew. The American Scene: American Painting in the 1930's. New York: Praeger, 1974, pp. 46, 51, 70; Contreras, Belisario R. Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1983; Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984, pp. 218, 234; Zellman, 1987, p. 805; Preato, Robert R. and Sandra L. Langer. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: Transformations in the Modern American Mode 1885-1945. New York: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1988, pp. 44-45, 80; Gerdts, 1993, pp. 206-208, 214. Submitted by Michael Preston Worley, Ph.D.
Ripley Auctions
Apr. 05, 2023
George Biddle American, 1885-1973 Tahitian Beauty, 1921
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Biddle American, 1885-1973 Tahitian Beauty, 1921 Signed and dated Biddle 1921 (lr) Oil on canvas 20 x 24 1/4 inches (50.8 x 61.6 cm) Provenance: Arts Council of the City of New York, New York C Property from the Collection of Helen Sonnenberg Tucker
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 08, 2023
George Biddle American, 1885-1973 Haitian Landscape, 1955
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Biddle American, 1885-1973 Haitian Landscape, 1955 Signed and dated Biddle 1955 (ll); signed Biddle, inscribed Landscape: Haiti, 783 and as titled on the reverse Oil on canvas 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm) C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Feb. 04, 2023
George Biddle lithograph
Est: $300 - $500
George Biddle (1885-1973) ''Catfish Row'' (Pennigar 112)- lithograph, 1936, for the AAG with stamp on verso, edition of about 200. 9 1/2 x 12''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Nov. 17, 2022
George Biddle, oil on canvas, 1937
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), "Red Apples, Pears", signed and dated lower right, signed and titled verso, various gallery and exhibition labels verso, 10"h x 16"w (stretcher), 16"h x 22"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Nov. 17, 2022
George Biddle, oil on canvas, 1937
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973), Still Life with Bananas and Pears, signed and dated lower right, signed and numbered "378" verso, gallery label verso, 10"h x 12"w (stretcher), 16"h x 18"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Nov. 15, 2022
George Biddle, (1885-1973), "Portrait of Abraham Walkowitz," 1943, Oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas, 40" H x 30" W
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Biddle (1885-1973) "Portrait of Abraham Walkowitz," 1943 Oil on canvas laid to waxed canvas Signed and dated lower left: Biddle; titled on a gallery label affixed to backing board 40" H x 30" W Provenance: D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc., New York, NY
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 29, 2022
George Biddle - Night Visit to the Dock
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Biddle (American, 1875-1973). Night Visit to the Dock, oil on canvas (25 x 36 inches). Frame: H: 31.5 in., W: 42.5 in., D: 2.5 in.
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.
Sep. 22, 2022
GEORGE BIDDLE (Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973), Two mixed media works:, On paper, 10” x 12.5”. Unframed.
Est: $700 - $1,000
GEORGE BIDDLE Pennsylvania/California, 1885-1973 Two mixed media works: 1) "Second Class". Signed and titled lower right. 2) "San Juan Ostuncalco". Signed, titled and dated "July 21, 1940" lower right.
Eldred's
May. 31, 2022
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973)
Est: $200 - $400
George Biddle (American, 1885-1973) "Dolce et deorum est," lithograph, 1934, signed. Unframed. Size: 17.5'' x 13'', 44 x 33 cm (image); 23'' x 16'', 58 x 41 cm (sheet).
Material Culture
Feb. 27, 2022
"Don Juan Santo Domingo" painting by Gary Biddle; 1927 [146581]
Est: $200 - $400
Watercolor painting by George Biddle titled "Don Juan Santo Domingo". This is an original piece signed by the artist and dated 1927. George Biddle (1885-1973) was an American painter and muralist whose art style was influenced by Diego Rivera. He was also played an instrumental role in federal arts programs during the Great Depression. This painting depicts an agricultural scene with mules and palm trees. Artwork is 11.5 x 8.5, frame is 16.5 x 13.75, good condition, minor scratches on the wooden frame. Biographical information obtained from https://americanart.si.edu/artist/george-biddle-402. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
Holabird Western Americana
Jan. 29, 2022
George Biddle - Cuban Family Waiting At The Dock
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Biddle (American, 1875-1973) Waiting at the Dock, depicting a nocturnal view of a family of desperate Cuban travelers waiting dockside, oil on canvas (25 x 36 inches). H: 31.5 in., W: 42.5 in., D: 2.5 in.
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.
Jan. 27, 2022
GEORGE BIDDLE (1885-1973) Three Beggars.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
GEORGE BIDDLE (1885-1973) Three Beggars. Oil on canvas. 762x508 mm; 30x20 inches. Signed, Biddle, and dated, 1929, lower right. Signed, Biddle, inscribed, 203, and as titled on verso. The Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA) awarded two mural projects to George Biddle: in 1936 he completed Society Freed through Justice, as part of a large arts project at the Kennedy Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C.; and in 1939 he created three panels for the New Brunswick Post Office, New Brunswick, NJ.
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 26, 2021
† George Biddle (1885-1973) American, portrait of a woman wearing a head-dress, oil on board, signed and dated 1954 lower left
Est: £300 - £500
† George Biddle (1885-1973) American, portrait of a woman wearing a head-dress, oil on board, signed and dated 1954 lower left
Dawsons Auctioneers