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Williams’ dark, monumental paintings of the North Welsh landscape and the people who lived and worked there, became instantly recognisable images and this work is no exception. Williams’ has cleverly used a limited colour palette and thick impasto to recreate the uneven, rocky terrain of the mountains and inclement weather which draws the viewer into the scene. Once determined on an artistic course, Williams’ passion for work was all-consuming and there was never any question as to subject matter, with the landscape before him demanding to be drawn or painted. With his highly distinctive palette-knife technique these dark, monumental landscapes of Snowdonia came to assume an iconic status and so too did the man, affectionately known as Kyffin. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22 x 30 ins/ 55.9 x 76.2 cm -
English artist, Edward Seago mostly painted oils and watercolours, travelling widely during his life starting from the 1930s when he joined a circus to Venice. He also visited Northern France, Holland, Portugal, Hong Kong, Antarctica and Africa. MEDIUM: Oil on board DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 12.2 x 16.1 ins/ 31.0 x 41.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Edward Seago' (lower left) -
Fabian Perez is a contemporary artist specialising in powerful and atmospheric oil paintings that are collected all over the world. He keeps this vision of the Argentina from his childhood alive in his paintings, with dry, textural, expressive brushstrokes and enigmatic characters absorbed in a thought or act, often caught in some glow of light set against the dark of night-time. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24 x 18 ins/ 61 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) -
Paul César Helleu worked as a painter and an engraver in France at the turn of the century. His work epitomises the charm and elegance of French culture at the time – the belle époque – with all its verve and focus on fashion. He was renowned for his portraits of society ladies on commission, and those of his childhood sweetheart who later became his wife (Alice Guerin) and his eldest daughter Ellen, born in 1887.
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 27.0 x 21.0 ins/ 68.6 x 53.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Helleu' (lower left) MEDIUM: Conté crayon and charcoal on paper -
The daughter of Singer sewing machine magnate Issac Singer, Winaretta Singer (1865–1943) was a prominent arts and music patron. She established a salon in the Paris home she shared with her second husband, Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834–1901), which was frequented by Marcel Proust, Isadora Duncan, Jean Cocteau, and Claude Monet. After her husband's death she used her fortune to benefit the arts and especially music, commissioning several works. She was also an artist in her own right, exhibiting her paintings in the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 30.0 x 22.0 ins/ 76.2 x 55.9 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Helleu' (lower right) MEDIUM: Chalk on paper -
Allen Tucker was often called “the American Van Gogh.” His closest friend, critic Forbes Watson, described him as “brilliantly communicative, passionately in love with art in all its forms, with an ear for music, an eye for painting … genial and provocative in talk.” (Goley, in The Vibrant Landscape, 1997). MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSION: (unframed) 23.0 x 19.0 ins/ 58.4 x 48.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Tucker' and dated (lower right) -
Mary Fedden’s is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. She worked with bold palettes and simplified shapes, carefully orchestrating her still life compositions to draw out the extraordinary from ordinary objects. This delightful work Masque at Strawberry Hill held a particular significance to the artist at a time in her life. Mary’s husband, acclaimed artist Julian Trevelyan, had been commissioned by a collector and friend, John Iddon, to paint a picture of Strawberry Hill for him. Shortly after its completion Julian sadly died and Mary couldn’t part with the painting. Therefore, she painted two herself, one she sold to John and the other is the painting we have for sale. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 30.0 ins/ 61.0 x 76.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Fedden’ and dated (lower right) -
“Nothing should be ‘inhabited’ in a painting, no space should remain lifeless. Everything should conspire to enhance a painting’s harmonious balance. This is what invests a painting with its vibrancy.”- Jules Cavaillès Jules Cavaillès loved painting scenes evoking the pleasures of life, as we see here in Jeune Fille au Gilet Vert. The artist has juxtaposed vibrant yet harmonious touches of orange, yellow and green imbuing the painting with life and energy. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 26.0 x 18.0 ins/ 66.0 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'J. Cavailles' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas laid on board -
Lucien Neuquelman was a French artist whose oeuvre was heavily influenced by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, the forefunners of the pointillist technique. Neuquelman’s painting approach relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend his singular spots of colour into a fuller range of tones. Like with Seurat and Signac, Neuquelman does not mix colours on a palette but rather applies complimentary colours in close proximity to one another, often making the colours seem much brighter and more vivid. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 28.8 x 36.0 ins/ 73.0 x 91.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘L. Neuquelman’ (lower right) -
Louis Abel-Truchet was a major French painter, etcher and lithographer of his time. He is most well-known for his depictions of Paris and Venice, both cities which remained close to his heart throughout his life. This beautiful painting of the Venetian Grand Canal demonstrates a superb sensitivity of colour with the bright reflections and effects of light. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 28.7 x 21.3 ins/ 73.0 x 54.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Abel Truchet' (lower left) -
Edward Seago was a celebrated painter of landscapes, seascapes and flowers. He was also an accomplished watercolourist and is often considered to be one of the leading British Post Impressionists. Although largely self-taught, Seago did receive some training from Bertram Priestman RA and also undertook evening classes at the Norwich School of Fine Art. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists from 1946, and of the Royal Watercolours Society from 1959. He exhibited in London, Glasgow, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Oslo and Brussels. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40.6 x 61.0 cm/16.0 x 24.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed 'Edward Seago' (lower left); titled (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on board -
This is a portrait of the son of Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878-1957), an Irish poet, author, surgeon, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He was a onetime friend of James Joyce and served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in Joyce's novel Ulysses. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 14.0 x 10.0 ins/ 35.6 x 25.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'G. Brockhurst' (lower right) MEDIUM: Watercolour and pastel -
This beautiful painting portrays the vibrant city of Amsterdam, respledent in the sunlight. Spohler has depicted the bricks of the building and paving on the ground to minute detail while ordinary citizens are seen going about their day. DIMENSIONS: 17.5 x 14.0 ins/ 44.5 x 35.6 cm SIGNED: Signed ‘J. F. Spohler’ (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
This charming painting depicts a street in Holland, by the leading Dutch townscape painter of the time, Adrianus Eversen. Peasants mingle in the street, and are depicted very much as part of the landscape, rather than being the subject of it. The artist has also chosen a distinctly unusual and modern composition for this work. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.8 x 11.3 ins/ 22.4 x 28.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Eversen' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on panel -
This beautiful portrait depicts Frances Thynne, daughter of Viscount Weymouth and wife of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet. The couple married in 1690 and resided at Apuldurcombe on the Isle of Wight. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 49.0 x 40.0 in./ 124.5 x 101.6 cm SIGNATURE: Titled (lower left) and labelled from Scott and Fowles and Co, NY (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
This painting is a charming farmyard scene from the well-known oeuvre of animal painter Edgar Hunt. It is a perfect image of idyllic country life, and would have been very appealing to wealthy city-dwellers of the early Twentieth Century, who yearned for the peaceful country life that existed before industrialisation. Dimensions: (unframed) 27.9 x 38.1 cm/11.0 x 15.0 ins Signature: Signed 'E. Hunt' and dated 1924 (lower right) Medium: Oil on canvas -
Dufy often depicted people enjoying themselves in a bright colourful manner and he became best-known for his panoramic views of modern Paris, capturing the architecture, activities and electricity of the city. The Place de la Concorde was one of the artist’s favourite subjects, appearing in dozens of canvases he created from the 1930s through the 1950s. Here, Dufy has depicted the quay running right by the square using his signature stylized figures capturing its energy while focusing on such national symbols as the Palais Bourbon and the Pont Alexandre III. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 13.0 x 20.0 in. / 33.02 x 50.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed (lower centre) MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper -
Born in Bristol in 1915, Mary Fedden is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. She worked with bold palettes and simplified shapes, carefully orchestrating her still life compositions to draw out the extraordinary from ordinary objects. In fact, it was her constant progression and development throughout her career that makes her overall body of work so interesting; from her earlier pieces playing with colour, perspective, and patterns to her later work experimenting with light, texture, and crisper, cleaner lines. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 50.8 x 40.6 cm/20.0 x 16.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed M.Fedden and dated 1946 (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Dyf showed a talent for art at an early age but began his adult life as an engineer. By the age of 23 years, he became a professional self-taught artist, setting up a studio in Arles in 1922. His career flourished as a landscape artist – painting views of the surrounding countryside. Much of Dyf’s influence and inspiration came from the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists; among his favourites was Pierre Renoir. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 59.7 x 73.7 cm/23.5 x 29.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Atamian's work has always been very popular and in high demand. He captures not only the luminosity of wet, sun-drenched sand, but also the charm of children playing. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15.0 x 21.8 ins/ 38.1 x 55.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Galien- Laloue was painting in an electrifying city, a city that was the artistic and cultural centre of the world, a city in which ladies of high fashion paraded about streets that were for the first time being freshly populated by omnibuses and cabs. The entertainment and nightlife of Paris was unequalled by any other city in the world and Galien-Laloue captured that moment. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7.3 x 12.3 ins/ 18.5 x 31.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache -
Galien- Laloue was painting in an electrifying city, a city that was the artistic and cultural centre of the world, a city in which ladies of high fashion paraded about streets that were for the first time being freshly populated by omnibuses and cabs. The entertainment and nightlife of Paris was unequalled by any other city in the world and Galien-Laloue captured that moment. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7.0 x 12.0 ins/ 17.8 x 30.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache -
Galien- Laloue was painting in an electrifying city, a city that was the artistic and cultural centre of the world, a city in which ladies of high fashion paraded about streets that were for the first time being freshly populated by omnibuses and cabs. The entertainment and nightlife of Paris was unequalled by any other city in the world and Galien-Laloue captured that moment. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7.8 12.5 ins/ 19.8 x 31.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache -
Galien- Laloue was painting in an electrifying city, a city that was the artistic and cultural centre of the world, a city in which ladies of high fashion paraded about streets that were for the first time being freshly populated by omnibuses and cabs. The entertainment and nightlife of Paris was unequalled by any other city in the world and Galien-Laloue captured that moment. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 5.3 x 8.3 ins/ 13.5 x 21.1 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache -
In this striking view of Pont Mirabeau in Paris, the physical location plays second fiddle to the technical structure of the composition, with only a brief visual reference to Le Trocadero on the horizon. We have to remember that although we are now quite used to seeing pictorial arrangements like this in the 21st Century, when this oil on board was executed in 1913, his work was incredibly avant-garde, challenging much of the sentimental landscapes that were still being reproduced by the bulk of commercial Edwardian artists in Britain. -
In his paintings Maufra stayed often quite traditional, but sometimes borrowed the more pointillisit technique of Pissarro or Sisley, and also took the strong colors and powerful drawing of the Pont Aven school. However, Maufra stayed an independent artist all his life, and dedicated his art to recording the beauty of nature. DIMENSIONS: (unframed)38.6 x 55.1 cm/15.2 x 21.7 ins SIGNATURE: Signed 'Maufra' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
This peaceful painting depicts Cherbourg Harbour with the blues and oranges of sunset covering the whole canvas. These muted colours lend an air of tranquillity to the piece denoting that the day is coming to a close. In his later years, Othon Friesz often portrayed this vista, fascinated by the comings and goings of the boats. One can almost imagine the artist sitting on the quay, painting the view before him. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15.0 x 18.0 in./38.1 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'E. Othon Friesz' and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Jean Dufy (March 12, 1888 – May 12, 1964) was a French painter of Parisian society, country scenes, circuses, horse races, stages, and orchestras. His work was featured in both gallery and museum exhibitions throughout his career. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16 x 9.50 ins / 40.75 x 24.25 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Paul César Helleu has created an exquisite drawing of a his eldest daughter, Ellen, at rest on her dainty chair. Ellen was born in 1887. Therefore date of this work is probably between 1905 and 1910. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.5 x 30.25 ins / 52.07 x 76.84 cms SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: White, black and red pastel on buff paper -
This beautiful portrait study shows the artist’s skill and his mastery of the trios crayons technique of using just three colours of chalk, black red and white, to capture his sitters so brilliantly. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 59.69 cms x 75.56 cms /23.50 ins x 29.75 ins SIGNATURE: Signed lower right and inscribed MEDIUM: Pencil on paper -
Referenced in the archives of the Amis de Paul-César Helleu under the n° 4338. Authenticated by Mrs. Howard-Johnston in 1988. In this elegant drawing, Paul César Helleu has rapidly drawn this stylishly attired woman using his signature loose gestural draughtmanship. This looseness and ease of depiction suggests that the work was finished in situ, rather than through a series of studies, which is how Helleu preferred to work. Although this drawing was clearly composed rapidly, Helleu has taken careful care in depicting the sitter’s fashionable furbelowed dress and hat with jaunty feathers. Additionally, he has delicately rendered her up to date makeup and hairstyle by judicious application of colour. Paul César Helleu has created an exquisite drawing of a society lady; his trademark. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 70.00 cms x 48.00 cms /27.56 ins x 18.90 ins x 0.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Crayon on paper -
Claude Venard is known for his powerful abstract compositions that explore the inner forces and underlying rhythms of subjects, rather than their outward appearance. This opens up the viewer to new perspective and way of looking by projecting spatial vistas into every part of the canvas, in accordance with an emotional rather than a physical order. Venard’s optimistic attitude and obvious enjoyment of life imbues everyday objects and his views of Paris with an undeniably French joie de vivre. The artist said of his approach to his paintings “One must be wary of works that seduce at first sight; I do not mean that ugliness is a virtue, but a painting should be powerful without the use of trite devices.” DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 31.9 in./ 100 x 81 cm (framed) 44.5 x 37 in./ 113 x 94 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Venard' lower left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
This beautiful painting shows the fishing habour of Polperro in Cornwall. Here, Jan Wolter has cleverly depicted the Cornish sun as it bounces off the boats, cliff and sand, with the light refracting to reveal bright oranges, greens, blues and yellows. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40.0 x 47.0 in./101.6 x 119.4 cm SIGNATURE:Signed and dated 1922 MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
This painting, from leading member of the Glasgow Boys, George Henry, depicts an elegant woman standing at a sundial in a stylistically painted garden. She stands opposite a Japanese lady in traditional clothing, who looks down at the two dogs in the foreground. The painting is representative of the elements that Henry learned throughout his career as a painter. The loose, expressive brushstrokes indicate the influence of the Impressionists upon Henry’s style. Similarly, the naturalistic use of colour and the idyllic subject matter demonstrate the departure from the saccharine Victorian style of painting, from which Henry and his group sought to remove themselves. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 22.0 in./61.0 x 55.9 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'George Henry' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Torriglia’s work is renowned for the superb depiction of interior scenes featuring Italian peasant families. He studied in Florence, where he developed his particular skill of capturing the vibrancy of everyday Italian life. The intricate detail and vivid personalities evident in his figures makes Torriglia stand out from other 19th Century genre painters. The cosy effect of his interiors contrasts with the glimpses of outer life which we are afforded and his animals and children particularly are portrayed with affectionate knowledge. The figures have a superb feeling of realism and their natural and believable poses underline Torriglia’s firm placing in art history. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 43.0 x 28.5 in./ 109.2 x 72.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
In 1970, Hambourg was sufficiently well-known to be granted a retrospective of five hundred paintings at the Maison de Culture in Bourges, and exhibitions and commissions continued all over the world until his death. The Normandy coastline remains one of the most collectable subjects of Hambourg’s career. Today his works can be found in the collections of museums such as the Musée National d’Art Moderne, the Musée National de la Marine, and the Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.8 x 13.8 in./22.4 x 35.1 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Hambourg' (lower left); titled and inscribed (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
In Phantoms from Knossos II, Terry Frost has used his signature circles and luminous colours to capture the atmosphere of the ancient city in Crete. Direct reference to the site are elicited through the mythological figures in the circles, reminiscent of medallion coins, that revolve around the bright, overpowering sun. Additionally the vibrant blues, yellows and reds conjure up the feeling of the warm Cretan sky and sun. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 30.0 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cms) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (verso) -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 18.0 x 22.0 in./45.7 x 55.9 cm SIGNATURE: Signed Charles C Curran lower left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed)19.0 x 20.0 in./48.3 x 50.8 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated lower right MEDIUM: Gouache on paper -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 28 x 36 ins SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7.3 x 12.0 in./18.5 x 30.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache on paper -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16.0 x 21.0 in./40.6 x 53.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated '59' lower right MEDIUM: Oil on paper and laid down on canvas -
MEDIUM: Ink and oil wash on paper, shaped, on the artist's prepared board SIGNATURE: Signed 'Nicholson' (on the reverse); signed again and dated 'NICHOLSON 1965' (on the backboard) DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.8 x 19.8 ins/ 57.9 x 50.3 cm Pieces such as Olympia, take the concept of still life to its bare bones, and present a profound and timeless commentary on the tradition itself. By the early 1950’s, colour was beginning to play a much less crucial role in Nicholson’s art as the paintings regained the aesthetic purity of his earlier abstract work. Meanwhile, Nicholson’s unique ability to give the illusion of form with so few lines, reinforces the status of the paintings themselves as physical objects. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.5 x 15.5 in./ 11.4 x 39.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Pencil on paper -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 9.0 x 7.0 ins/ 22.9 x 17.8 cms SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.8 x 4.0 inches/ 12.2 x 10.2 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and inscribed "for Pat and David Xmas 81 Nicholson 81" on the reverse MEDIUM: Ink, wash and gouache on paper This striking work by Ben Nicholson was a gift to Barbara Hepworth’s assistant, David Lewis, for the Christmas of 1981.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 42.00 x 56.30 in/ 106.68 x 143.00 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and date '1911' lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 19.0 x 30.0 in./ 48.3 x 76.2 cm SIGNATURE: Signed “Helleu” center left MEDIUM: Crayon and graphite on paper -
DIMENSIONS: 78 x 36 x 137 cms MEDIUM: Stone veneer with gold thread -
DIMENSIONS: 78 x 137 x 36 cms MEDIUM: White Ebony paired with English Walnut, detailed with stone with gold thread
