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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'J. Steven Dews' (lower left) Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship built on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line. She was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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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) 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). MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 37.5 x 50.0 in./ 95.3 x 127.0 cm (framed) 47 x 60 in./ 119.4 x 152.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Andre Brasilier’ (lower right); Signed, dated and titles (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Brasilier’s paintings depict a peaceful, comfortable world, free from care, in a very simple, stylish manner, with delicate harmonies bathed in accommodating sunlight. MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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This painting seems to be classically rendered with small, overlayed brushstrokes of oil to create luminosity and depth in colour. However, the composition is far more Modern in style, with key attributes of the Japanese woodblock prints that were absolutely in vogue for Impressionist artists at the time. Prominent features of these styles are represented by the raised horizon lines, which contrast with the linearity of the manmade. In this instance, the boat masts and the mosque counteract the undulating lines of nature in the form of the sea and hills beyond. These are exactly the same techniques as were used by Monet in the previous year, 1888, with paintings such as Antibes, Afternoon Effect (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – below). DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 23.5 x 43.5 ins / 59.7 x 110.5 cm SIGNATURE: Signed 'Paul H. Ellis' (lower left); dated (nameplate to frame) and titled and signed (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 36.00 x 28.00 ins 91.44 x 71.12 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and dated 1874 MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Along with his brother Henry, Walter created many detailed and naturalistic street, river, and cityscapes of England. They studied life drawing with M. Barthe at Limerston Street in Chelsea where they met James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) in 1863. Walter was captivated by Whistler’s artistic style and way of life. The Greaves brothers developed a friendship with Whistler and served as his assistants and pupils. Walter Greaves recalled, “We used to get ready his colours and canvasses, prepare the grey distemper ground which he so liked working upon, and painted the mackerel-back pattern on the frames.” MAKE AN ENQUIRY
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 36.00 x 32.00 inches (91.44 x 81.28 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed MEDIUM: Pastel In this elegant portrait by Paul Cesar Helleu, a young woman stares softly at the viewer, lightly meeting their gaze. The gentleness of the portrait is reflected in the loose gestural draughtsmanship of Helleu. 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. MAKE AN ENQUIRY