For many artists their mothers were their first unofficial art teachers, whether they provided actual instructions or encouraged their creativity by example.
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 43.0 x 28.5 inches (109.2 x 72.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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 -
Dimensions: (unframed) 84.0 x 142.0 cm/33.1 x 55.9 ins Signature: Signed (upper left) Medium: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 43.18 x 30.48 cm/ 17.00 x 12.00 ins (framed) 68.6 x 55.9 cm/ 27 x 22 ins SIGNATURE: Signed and inscribed 'To Alice' MEDIUM: Black and Sanguine Chalk 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. Whilst he was renowned for his portraits of society ladies on commission, and those of his childhood sweetheart who later became his wife (Alice Guerin). MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 27.56 x 18.90 inches (70.00 x 48.00 cms) SIGNATURE: Signed lower left MEDIUM: Crayon 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. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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 MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 7 x 7.25 inches (17.78 x 18.42 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Boldini' (lower right) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY