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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) -
Harold Sawkins, editor of The Artist Journal, claimed in 1935 that Dorothea sharp was ‘one of England’s greatest living woman painters’. He declared that: “No other woman artist gives us such joyful paintings as she. Full of sunshine and luscious colour, her work is always lively, harmonious and tremendously exhilarating … her subjects appeal because they are based on the joy of life … the chief attractions of Miss Sharp’s delightful pictures are her happy choice of subjects, and her beautiful colour schemes’’ DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 21 x 15.5 ins/ 53.3 x 39.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Dorothea Sharp’ and dated (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
In this painting, Adrion depicts an evening at the infamous cabaret the Moulin Rouge located in the Montmartre district in Paris, known for attracting the avant-garde artists, poets and literary anarchists of the day. Adrion was especially appreciated for his crowded scenes of Parisian life. The critic Galtier-Boissiére wrote about his work, ‘Il a le sense du movement des foules, du movement de la vie (He has a feeling for the movement of crowds, the movement of life). DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.6 x 28.7 ins/ 60.0 x 73.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Adrion’ (upper right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Jacques Martin-Ferrieres was the son of the Post-Impressionist painter, Henri Martin and naturally became his father’s pupil. Martin-Ferrieres also studied portraiture, still life and landscape painting under Cormon and E Laurent. Martin-Ferrieres was a Societaire of the Artistes Francais and won many prizes for his work. Notably, Martin-Ferrieres was awarded medals of excellence in 1920, 1923, 1924. Dimensions: (unframed) 18.3 x 12.5 inches (46.5 x 31.8 cm) Signature: Signed ‘Martin Ferrieres’ (lower right) Medium: Oil on board -
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 -
Henri Lebasque (French, 1865–1937) was a Post-Impressionist artist, known as the "painter of joy and light." Lebasque's works can be found in many important public and private institutions around the world, including the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Spain, the National Museum of Western Art in Japan, and the Harvard University Art Museum. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 37.6 x 45.7 cm/14.8 x 18.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed ‘H. Lebasque’ and dated (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
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 -
Mary Fedden’s is renowned for her unique perspective and great talent for finding beauty in the everyday. This piece was painted in 1946, the year Mary Fedden was able to resume easel painting after the Second World War. Her first solo exhibition followed the next year at the Mansard Gallery in Heal’s Department Store, where several of her still life flower paintings were displayed. Fedden developed her own style of flower paintings and still lifes, reminiscent of artists such as Matisse and Braque. 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) 20.1 x 29.9 ins/51 x 76 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated Fedden 1967 (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas -
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) 8.75 x 11.25 ins/ 22.2 x 28.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'A. Eversen' (lower left) MEDIUM: Oil on panel -
This painting depicts the well-known view of Park Avenue in New York in a beautiful impressionistic manner. The larger building is currently the Met Life building but at the time this painting was created, it was the Pan Am building. The building was completed in 1963 so during this painting, it would have still been under construction. It’s a real New York Landmark. The painting is filled with tones of grey and brushes of white to demonstrate the scene filled with snow in the heart of winter. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 18.o ins/ 60.9 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Johann Berthelsen' (lower right) and signed (verso) 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 -
Edward Cucuel was an American illustrator and landscape painter. Born in San Francisco, he attended the local academy of arts at the early age of fourteen. Three years later, after a short time working as an illustrator at ‘The Examiner’ newspaper, he went to Paris. There he entered the Academie Julian and the Academie Colarossi, later studying under Gerome at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 127.00 cms x 99.06 cms (50.00 ins x 39.00 ins) SIGNATURE: Dated 1930 at New York on reverse and signed upper right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
David Shepherd created detailed, realistic depictions of endangered wildlife such as tigers, elephants, and rhinoceros, captured mid-movement in their natural habitat. Shepherd notably dedicated some of his profits to the conservation of wildlife and their habitats, thereby helping protect the animals he intimately painted. Dimensions: (unframed) 30.5 x 50.8 cm/12.0 x 20.0 ins Signature: Signed and dated '89 (lower right) 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 -
The son of the artist John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Louis Grimshaw was born in Leeds and brought up at the family home, Knostrop Hall, a subject depicted here. Louis studied as a pupil of his father, collaborating with him on a number of works. Dimensions: (unframed) 27.9 x 47.0 cm/11.0 x 18.5 ins Signature: Signed & dated 1898 Medium: Oil on canvas -
Jacques Martin-Ferrières painted mostly still life works and landscape scenes, often travelling to a variety of places and painting everywhere he went. Dimensions: (unframed) 65.5 x 86.4 cm/25.8 x 34.0 ins Signature: Signed 'Martin Ferrieres' (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 -
Sir Alfred Munnings was a leading figure in the British art establishment in the first half of the 20th century and is one of the greatest equestrian painters in the history of British art. Although it was his horse portraits that brought him widespread acclaim, he was also a highly accomplished painter of pure landscapes. What sets Munnings apart from so many other artists of his era is his sheer ability as a painter, which is apparent in these landscapes, the freedom and spontaneity of his brushstrokes and his obvious enjoyment in the lusciousness of the paint itself combined brilliantly with his subtle and highly individual colouring. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16.5 x 24.1 cm/6.5 x 9.5 ins each SIGNATURE: Both initialled MEDIUM: Oil on canvas, a pair -
Sir Alfred Munnings was one of the finest British Impressionist painters of the 20th century. His work largely depicts rural scenes, racing and hunting, and most commonly his favourite animal, the noble horse. He was an important addition to the Newlyn School of artists. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 50.8 x 40.6 cm/20.0 x 16.0 ins SIGNATURE: Signed and dated 1904, inscribed verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
Arman Fernandez is most associated with the Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism) movement that emerged in 1960, and which represented France’s response to the trend of Pop art that was sweeping Europe and the United States. Arman had first emerged as a lyrical abstract painter, but he soon rejected the style and began making sculpture inspired by the concept of the readymade. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 54.0 cm/21.3 ins SIGNATURE: Signed and numbered 52/90 This work is featured in the 'Arman: catalogue raisonné' by Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris: 1991 -
Arman Fernandez is most associated with the Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism) movement that emerged in 1960, and which represented France's response to the trend of Pop art that was sweeping Europe and the United States. Arman had first emerged as a lyrical abstract painter, but he soon rejected the style and began making sculpture inspired by the concept of the readymade. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 66.0 cm/26.0 ins SIGNATURE:Signed and numbered EA 4/10 This work is featured in the 'Arman: catalogue raisonné' by Denyse Durand-Ruel, Paris: 1991 -
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 -
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 -
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 in./17.8 x 30.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Gouache on paper -
Sir William Russell Flint, one of the most celebrated British painters of the 20th century, has enjoyed almost constant popularity since the 1920s. His best work reflects a genuine greatness in watercolour technique . The Times’ obituary paid tribute to his exceptional mastery of the watercolour medium: ‘Sir William Russell Flint, RA, who has died at the age of 89, will be chiefly remembered as a watercolourist of remarkable technical skill. Though he painted also in oils and tempera and produced a considerable number of etchings and dry-points, his most characteristic works were watercolour landscapes and figure compositions, elaborately carried out and displaying great virtuosity, in the gradations of a wash and a special manner of enriching its effect by taking advantage of a grained surface paper’. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.3 x 27.3 in./51.6 x 69.3 cm SIGNATURE: W. Russell Flint, l.r.; inscribed verso W. Russell Flint Chateauneuf-sur-Loire July 1963 MEDIUM: Watercolour -
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./ 100.0 x 81.0 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 -
This painting depicts Le Tréport, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, France. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16.0 x 24.0 in./40.6 x 61.0 cm SIGNATURE: Inscribed and dated (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 -
Marco Grubacs is known for his evocative portrayals of Venice. Grubacs’ consummate draughtsmanship, a skill that he developed very early in life, lends an air of architectural accuracy to his paintings. He was able to represent the city in all its moods, from romantic moonlight to bright sunshine. DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 10.5 x 5.5 ins SIGNATURE: Both signed lower left MEDIUM: Oil on board -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 32 x 26 in./81.3 x 66 cm SIGNATURE: Signed upper left MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
Jacques Martin-Ferrières continually painted subjects of landscapes and nature within Southern regions of France, usually standing out for his vivid use of colours and excellent skill. He gradually became known for his technique of thick application of paint, applying layers to the canvas in a freer brushstroke, to create balanced compositions of animation and tantalising effects of light. We can see this in the painting Reflections, as he reflects the light off the water of a river, with subtle harmonies of ochre and green tones. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15 x 24 in./38.1 x 61 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
Whether in spring, summer, autumn or winter, Percy’s sense of nature at times is unrivalled. He put his hand to landscapes, which are honest, free from exaggeration and soberly observed which more than amply satisfy the viewer. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24.0 x 30.0 inches (61.0 x 76.2 cms) MEDIUM: Oil on canvasIn 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.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 13.00 x 18.00 in./ 33.0 x 45.7 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right 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) 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
