George Alexander Picken (American, 1898-1971) Loading the Coal Barges, Queens. Oil on Canvas in nice solid wood frame. 32" x 18". Signed Picken in block letters lower left. Picken's work was handled by the Frank Rehn Gallery in New York during the height of his career. His contemporaries include; Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, Alexander Brook, Henry Mattson, and Reginald Marsh.