Art Works by William Savery Bucklin
still existing at the start of the 21st century.

A part of our Bucklin listing of William Savery Bucklin's paintings, drawings, and sketches are shown here.

Above is a splendid example of W.S.Bucklin's paintings.  Lovely landscapes, heavy impasto and a moody palette typify most of Bucklin's work.  His style may be described as Impressionism.

The above oil painting is held by Virginia Berg, who says: "The painting was in my great aunt and great uncle's home, at least from 1945 when first saw it."  Her statement describes what is typical history of W.S.Bucklin's paintings during the last century, to wit: they have been held, usually in the same substantial frame, as a treasured part of a household, passed down by inheritance to the present day.

Will Kent, an art collector with training in restoration says about his Nasturtium painting (shown to the left):

"The painting is approx 20" X 24" and it is signed in the lower right "W.S.Bucklin, Oct. '92". It is a watercolor on paper and the colors are vibrant in spite of its age. It is a still life of nasturtium in a vessel on a table with a cloth. I purchased it in an old barn antique (more junk) shop in Southern New Hampshire in 1982. It was in an original unattractive and damaged frame, which I replaced some years back. Bucklin's artistry was very apparent, although the shop had little information about it or him. The colors are more vibrant than in the photo and the gray background in the photo is more of an off white in the painting."

Still another variant of W.S Bucklin's work are the two "murals" he did while in California (probably about 1925), painting directly on the wallboard of a beach area cottage. Here is what the present owner says of the painting shown on the left.

"My father was a finish carpenter from Denmark who remodeled [in about 1960] a home in Montecito. In this home were two murals of WS Bucklin - I say murals because they were actually painted on the walls according to my father My father carefully removed, cut them out, and framed them. .... From what [my mother]...recalls, the person who contracted my father for the remodel wanted him to cover the murals. My father liked the paintings and made a deal with him to let my father provide the wallboard to repair the holes that his taking the murals out would cause. These paintings are on a plasterboard type material."

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"Cottage by the Stream" a unique item -- a reverse painting on convex glass, about 9x12 inches.  Owner wishes to remain unknown.

Kristen M. Thompson has an interesting winter scene.  His mother also has a painting, a lush green setting, as opposed to Kristen's winter landscape. Both paintings are heavily damaged by humidity. Both paintings came from the estate of Harry Rich Hale, formerly of Crescent City, FL.

Here is a sample of what is listed, for the following picture, in our Bucklin List of W.S.Bucklin's works.  Notice that we present what we have learned, but owners often do not send us full information.

LHB068
Type of Work, size, and title by which known	Oil painting
Subject of the Work.	Marine shore scene. An old beached boat and barn with water in the foreground.
Mounting, and framing
Signature, and placement	Signed. Under the signature is "Keyport, New Jersey".
Other notations on the Work.
Comments on the condition of the Work.
Present Location of Work
Photographed? Yes/No, where copy of photo may be obtained.	Yes. JBSociety

An oil painting -  a wooded landscape showing trees in the fall.  It has a title on the back, unframed, "Frenchman's Fall - New Jersey Woods. 24"H. X 36"W.  Sold by "birdman993" on ebay.

This painting, signed lower left, is an oil on canvas, 24 x 30, and was on sale in January 2006 in the Southern Vermont Auction Gallery, 134 Depot St., Danby, VT 05739, www.southernvtauction.com 

Some of William Savery Bucklin's works were reported to us --- in 1999 --- to be in the Library of Westminster, MA (mural painting), and the Unitarian Church in Fitchburg, MA.

The Smithsonian Museum Research Information System, as of Nov. 2000, lists four paintings by William Savery Bucklin, to wit: two paintings owned by Christie, Mason & Woods International, Inc, NY, NY, titled "After the Harvest" and "Robinwood Meadows, Evening"; (these were later purchased at a Christi's auction); and two paintings with owner information restricted, titled "Woodland Scene" and "Cows Grazing in Meadow"

Steven Bookman has an interesting 8 feet long by 18 inches tall oil on canvas, which was abandoned and left by former owners of a house in Teaneck, NJ. It is signed by William Savery Bucklin. Titled, "Shelbourne River", it depicts a forest river.

Mrs. Julia Bucklin Giles, last known living Bucklin at the premises of the defunct Phalanx, gave a painting of William Savery Bucklin titled Rivulet at Robinswood to George Wells Bucklin, the premier Bucklin genealogy researcher of his day.

A art dealer  offered for sale, on eBay. COM in April, 2001, a painting (oil on canvas), titled "Forest Stream" depicting a mid Autumn landscape.  Size = 27 3/4" x 39 3/4" Signed lower right.  [Sotheby's auction house  offered on eBay. COM in September,2002, a painting titled "Forest Stream" 23 1/2 X 31 1/2 inches, which may (or may not - note size difference) have been this one which has the same title. William Savery Bucklin did a number of landscapes featuring woods and a stream.]

To the right is a fall wooded landscape watercolor and gouache on paper 14x20" overall with frame and matt 21x27".Signed lower right and dated Oct.4'05.  Other information restricted by owner to not be made public.   The coloration style is not a typical W. S. Bucklin style.

September Frost, Adirondacks, 22" x 29" gouache, was sold at auction in 2003.  Contribution of this image was by website reader. Other facts about the work are not known by us.

Read part of our last published listing (with information) of W.S.Bucklin works known to still exist. The list is in PDF format, but secured against copying or printing.