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Oscar Gieberich — The Cape Cod Church, circa 1920s, Oil on canvas, 28" x 24" sight. Framed 32" x 28"
Oscar Gieberich

The Cape Cod Church, circa 1920s, Oil on canvas, 28" x 24" sight. Framed 32" x 28"

This oil painting depicts a white wooden church with a classical pediment and steeple nestled among tall, dark green trees, its modest clapboard form contrasting with the architectural formality of the main structure. In the foreground, a small brown house with blue shutters sits adjacent to the church grounds, where yellow flowering plants, possibly prickly pear cacti, add warmth to the composition. The artist employs bold, expressionistic brushwork and a limited palette of whites, greens, and earth tones to capture the quiet dignity of a New England religious and domestic landscape. The work exemplifies early-to-mid twentieth-century American regionalism, particularly the artistic community centered in Provincetown and Cape Cod that drew painters seeking authentic vernacular American subjects.

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 49

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Oscar Gieberich, The Cape Cod Church, circa 1920s, Oil on canvas, 28" x 24" sight. Framed 32" x 28"

This oil painting depicts a white wooden church with a classical pediment and steeple nestled among tall, dark green trees, its modest clapboard form contrasting with the architectural formality of the main structure. In the foreground, a small brown house with blue shutters sits adjacent to the church grounds, where yellow flowering plants, possibly prickly pear cacti, add warmth to the composition. The artist employs bold, expressionistic brushwork and a limited palette of whites, greens, and earth tones to capture the quiet dignity of a New England religious and domestic landscape. The work exemplifies early-to-mid twentieth-century American regionalism, particularly the artistic community centered in Provincetown and Cape Cod that drew painters seeking authentic vernacular American subjects.

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Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

20th Century, Historic Preservation, Landscape Painting, Cape Cod, Plein Air Tradition, American Modernism, Oil On Canvas, Regionalism, Symbolic Landscape, Domestic Architecture, Framed Art, Church Architecture, Architectural Painting, American Art, Provincetown School, Religious Building, New England, Expressionist Style, Green And White, Rural Vernacular