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Engraving - Watercolor Edouard Detaille 1848-1912
Régiment de Cavalerie 9" X 12" 3/4 Watercolored engraving Signed in ink lower right Signed in the engraving lower right Gold Frame XXth Excellent overall conditions BIOGRAPHY A Genius Born in 1848 in a fairly rich and large family, Edouard Detaille was the eldest of eight children. Since his childhood he had shown facilities at drawings. "He was a gifted kid", said François Robichon. At thirteen, he had an amazing facility to draw, a phenomenal sense of composition. His father, a friend of Horace Vernet, was determined of it. At the age of seventeen, his highschool degree in hand, he started to study at Ernest Meissonier's studio in Poissy. This partnership resulted in a reciprocal affection. Thus, Edouard Detaille had the option to disregard any studies at an Art School also called "Ecole des Beaux-Arts". As for the teaching, rather than dictate an art called "official" Meissonier, already at the top of his fame, traveled with his students to Brussels and Lille. In 1867, as Paris embrased the free trade world with the Exposition Universelle, the young man was discovering the Salon of the Imperatrice Mathilde and the Dumas's son theater. He knew and was confident of his talent, and was determined to climb the ladder to reach the circle of the most powerfull people without loosing his freedom. His first painting took part of the exposition of 1868 and was called "La Halte des Tambourgs". Princesse Mathilde acquired it for its beauty and simplicity of the subject. She was the cousin of the Empereur Napoleon. Detaille was not even 20 years old and was already becoming a successfull. He started to be known by a cicrle of artist like Sainte- Beuve, Theophile Gautier, the Goncourt brothers and Flaubert. His humanist vision was more sensitive than that of his ancestors. His paintings showed soldiers on the field doing their duties and exercise. The vision of a soldier While Paris was under siege in 1870, Detaille lost 2 brothers. Certainly influenced by that, from 1871 and on he did not hide the cruaulty of the war in his representaitons. This artist remembered what Meissonier taught when in his studio: Nature, nature and always the nature. He also remembered the teaching of Corot, Courbet and Manet who taught him the same. After living rue Legendre from 1872 to 1875, he built his own house or "hotel particulier" at age 26. The adress was 129 Blvd Malheserbe in Paris. There, he could receive some well known people such as Valtesse de la Bigne. A great diplomat With his fame increasing over the years, his House was the place where many foreign prince and princess met regularly. Invited at The Castle of Windsor, he became a personal friend of the Tsar Alexandre III a great friend of Felix Faure. He won several medals and "The Dream" exposed at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris received the price of Honor in 1899. His willingness to transform his house into a Museum "Musee Detaille" after his death did not occur even though he left everything to the state. Howver, Detaille, partly founder of the actual Musee de l'Armee, has many of his works exposed there. He died on December 24th 1912, at his home.
Engraving - watercolor Edouard Detaille 1848-1912
Hussard 5th Régiment of Cavalerie 12" X 15" 1/2 Watercolored engraving Signed in Pencil "ED" lower left Signed in the engraving lower right Original Frame XIXth (few chips) Very good overall condition BIOGRAPHY A Genius Born in 1848 in a fairly rich and large family, Edouard Detaille was the eldest of eight children. Since his childhood he had shown facilities at drawings. "He was a gifted kid", said François Robichon. At thirteen, he had an amazing facility to draw, a phenomenal sense of composition. His father, a friend of Horace Vernet, was determined of it. At the age of seventeen, his highschool degree in hand, he started to study at Ernest Meissonier's studio in Poissy. This partnership resulted in a reciprocal affection. Thus, Edouard Detaille had the option to disregard any studies at an Art School also called "Ecole des Beaux-Arts". As for the teaching, rather than dictate an art called "official" Meissonier, already at the top of his fame, traveled with his students to Brussels and Lille. In 1867, as Paris embrased the free trade world with the Exposition Universelle, the young man was discovering the Salon of the Imperatrice Mathilde and the Dumas's son theater. He knew and was confident of his talent, and was determined to climb the ladder to reach the circle of the most powerfull people without loosing his freedom. His first painting took part of the exposition of 1868 and was called "La Halte des Tambourgs". Princesse Mathilde acquired it for its beauty and simplicity of the subject. She was the cousin of the Empereur Napoleon. Detaille was not even 20 years old and was already becoming a successfull. He started to be known by a cicrle of artist like Sainte- Beuve, Theophile Gautier, the Goncourt brothers and Flaubert. His humanist vision was more sensitive than that of his ancestors. His paintings showed soldiers on the field doing their duties and exercise. The vision of a soldier While Paris was under siege in 1870, Detaille lost 2 brothers. Certainly influenced by that, from 1871 and on he did not hide the cruaulty of the war in his representaitons. This artist remembered what Meissonier taught when in his studio: Nature, nature and always the nature. He also remembered the teaching of Corot, Courbet and Manet who taught him the same. After living rue Legendre from 1872 to 1875, he built his own house or "hotel particulier" at age 26. The adress was 129 Blvd Malheserbe in Paris. There, he could receive some well known people such as Valtesse de la Bigne. A great diplomat With his fame increasing over the years, his House was the place where many foreign prince and princess met regularly. Invited at The Castle of Windsor, he became a personal friend of the Tsar Alexandre III a great friend of Felix Faure. He won several medals and "The Dream" exposed at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris received the price of Honor in 1899. His willingness to transform his house into a Museum "Musee Detaille" after his death did not occur even though he left everything to the state. Howver, Detaille, partly founder of the actual Musee de l'Armee, has many of his works exposed there. He died on December 24th 1912, at his home.
Oil on cartonboard - wilhelm (willi) Lorenz
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901-1981) "The Hunting Guepard" 48 x 65 cm Oil on Carton Board Signe BD "W Lorenz"
Oil on cartonboard - Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901-1981) "A resting Lion" 51 x 73 cm Oil on carton board Signed LR "W Lorenz
Oil on canvas- Robert LE BERGER (1905-1972)
Robert LE BERGER (1905-1972) "La piste aux étoiles" 54x65cm oil on canvas Dated and signed : 1969 / BD BIOGRAPHY Robert Le Berger (Paris. 1905-1972) XXth century French school, landscape painter. He attended the St Germain Pilon artschool before becoming a student of Maurice Utrillo and Leon Bonnat. He painted extensively in the second part of his life. The Paris scenes of Paris , clowns and still lifes represented his most frequent subjects.
Oil on canvas- George Von Boddien (1850-1928)
Robert LE BERGER (1905-1972) "Montmartre sous la neige, 1959" 65x54cm oil on canvas Dated and signed : 1959 / BD BIOGRAPHY Robert Le Berger (Paris. 1905-1972) XXth century French school, landscape painter. He attended the St Germain Pilon artschool before becoming a student of Maurice Utrillo and Leon Bonnat. He painted extensively in the second part of his life. The Paris scenes of Paris , clowns and still lifes represented his most frequent subjects.
Drawing-Franz xaver Simm (1853-1918)
Franz xaver Simm (1853-1918) "Composition studies of roman soldiers" 12 x 18 Inches Original pencil drawing heightened with gouache Signed : Center Biography : Provenance : Grand daughter of the artist Franz Xaver Simm (1853-1918), Austrian painter and illustrator, studied between 1869 and 1876 at the Beaux-Arts Academy of Vien. He was a student from Eduard von Engerth and Anselm Feuerbach. He successfully obtained a scholarship which enabled him to travel and live in Rome 2 years. During that time, he married Marie Mayer, also a painter. He later became a teacher while living in Munich, Germany
Drawing-Franz xaver Simm (1853-1918)
Franz xaver Simm (1853-1918) "Study of a woman's drapery" 8 3/4 x 11 Inches Original pencil drawing on paper Signed : Center Biography : Provenance : Grand daughter of the artist Franz Xaver Simm (1853-1918), Austrian painter and illustrator, studied between 1869 and 1876 at the Beaux-Arts Academy of Vien. He was a student from Eduard von Engerth and Anselm Feuerbach. He successfully obtained a scholarship which enabled him to travel and live in Rome 2 years. During that time, he married Marie Mayer, also a painter. He later became a teacher while living in Munich, Germany
Watercolor - Maurice Leloir (1851-1940)
Maurice Leloir (1851-1940) "The death of Richelieu" / 17 3/4 x 22 1/2 Inches Original watercolor and ink drawing on paper laid Signed : UL Biography : Maurice Leloir (1851-1940) was the son and pupil of the painter Auguste Leloir (1809-1892) and the artist Héloïse Colin (1820-1874). In the 1890s, Maurice Leloir and his students produced many pictures and engraving for the book market. Inspired by photographs, they accurately represented the costumes and celebrities of the past, much appreciated by bibliophiles. In addition they produced pictures of menus and posters for the Champagne Brand Veuve Clicquot.
Drawing - Kuhnert Wilhelm (1865-1926)
Kuhnert Wilhelm (1865-1926) RARE "Study for a girafon" Pencil - 11 x 14 Inches Finished study with pencil. Some notes of the artist on the Upper Left Signed : Lower Right Biography : Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert was born in Oppeln on September 18, 1865. He was a German painter, author and illustrator specializing in animal pictures. At the age of 17 Kuhnert began a technical and commercial apprenticeship, which he failed to complete. From 1883 to 1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert had a scholarship to study at the 'Königliche Akademische Hochschule für Bildende Künste'. Kuhnert's main residence was in Berlin, from where he traveled north and to Egypt, East Africa and India, producing extensive landscape and animal studies. His favorite motifs were African lions. He studied and drew tropical animals in their natural habitat, not only in zoological gardens. In 1894 Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert married the 18-year-old Emilie Caroline Wilhelmine Ottilie Alvine Herdikerhoff, with whom he had one daughter. During a study trip to Ceylon Kuhnert left his wife and was divorced in 1909. That year Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert also illustrated the book 'Tierleben der Erde', which he had co-written with the zoologist Johann Wilhelm Haacke. In 1913 he entered into his second marriage with Gerda von Jankowski. His wife died on his 60th birthday. Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert himself died on February 11, 1926, during a rehabilitative stay in Switzerland (Flims, Grisons). Today, Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert is still known as one of the most important German animal painters of his time. His work includes drawings, etchings, watercolors and oil paintings. Not only a painter and illustrator but also a hunter, Kuhnert often accepted great adversity to track down and capture his motifs in their natural habitat.
Oil on canvas- George Von Boddien (1850-1928)
George Von Boddien (1850-1928) "Landscape with cows & the harvesting time" 57 x 40 1/2 Inches Oil on canvas Monogrammed : GvB LL
Oil on Canvas - Constant Le Breton - (1895-1985)
Constant Le Breton (1895-1985) "Nature Morte a la Pipe" 24 x 34 cm Oil On Canvas Signed LR "C Le Breton" BIOGRAPHY Constant Le Breton was born March 11, 1895 in Saint Germain des Pres in the Anjou region of a family of sailors from the Loire. Admitted learning Nantes and Le Mans, he was received at the School of Decorative Arts but can not attend classes. Mobilized in 1915, he waged war in the Dardanelles and the East. After the armistice, he moved to Paris, devoted himself to engraving on wood and acquired a reputation as an illustrator of books. He obtained a grant from the Blumenthal Foundation and is fast in the paint. He befriends his elders Luce, Derain, Segonzac, or his contemporaries Antral, Belmondo, Brayer. He established himself as a portraitist. He has portraits of Charles Dullin, Ingrid Bergman, Beatrice Bretty and many others. He does not neglect, provided the landscape, still life and interior scenes. It emerges from this important work, solidly built, painted with sensitivity and nuance, a beautiful and serene expression of great joy. Paris Museums have a large number of his works. Several of his paintings, especially portraits that have been ordered, are in private collections in France, the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, Greece. Constant Le Breton died in Paris in February 1985.
Pastel - Emile Gudin (1854-1957)
GUDIN Emile (1854-1957) "The Harbor of SAINT TROPEZ - FRANCE" Dimensions : 17" 1/2 X 26" Pastel and watercolor / Signed and dated LR 1924
Oil on Canvas - Paul Emmanuel Peraire
Paul Emmanuel Péraire (1829-1893) Paysage aux cerisiers - Normandie Oil On Canvas - 15" 1/2 cm x 24" 1/3 Signed LL BIOGRAPHY Peraire was born in Bordeaux; he became a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and architectural views. He worked with Eugene Isabey and Evariste Luminais and went on to exhibit at the Paris Salon and at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1866 to 1892. Peraire was awarded a bronze medal in 1881 and received a commendation at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. He painted many landscapes inspired by the banks of the Marne, the Seine and the Oise. Peraire died on 21 January 1893 in Paris.
Oil on Canvas - Hendricus Burgers
Hendricus Jacobus BURGERS (1834-1899) Oil on canvas (relined) Provenance : Sold at Christie's in 1978, then owned by Dr Friedrich Gorissen (1912-1993), former director of the Koekkoek Museum BIOGRAPHY Heins Burgers (1834-1899) studied under Jozef Israêls (1824-1911) and regulary exhibited in the french Salon. Is is true, that he mainly adopted the somewhat morbid side of his intrinsically sound and healthy master. He left some delicately-painted little pictures.
Oil on Board - Louis COIGNARD
Louis COIGNARD (1812-1880) Scène d'étable oil on canvas Signed BG 1855 Biography: Coignard Louis, (September 4, 1812, Mayenne - 20 November 1880, Paris), French painter. He is the son of Elizabeth Sigoigne, youngest daughter of a bourgeois family of Mayenne and Aimé Coignard, a citizen of Mayenne who bought national property. His parents intended him to the notary, but the boy only had a passion for painting. He came to study in Paris with Francois-Edouard Picot. Landscape painter, he started at the Salon of 1838. Edmond About praised him. This allowed him fired from his job as a painter. His works were very popular from the bourgeoisie of the Mayenne and Sarthe although he continued to pursue a career in Paris.
Oil on Copper - Breenbergh Bartholomeus (1598-1657)
BREENBERGH Bartholomeus (1598-1657) "Italien Landscape with temple" 21x27cm Oil on Copper - Signature fainted LR Excellent overall condition, minor retouching i the sky upper middle. Provenance : French Private collection Certificate from the Expert of the artist.
ITALIAN CORNER DISPLAY CUPBOARD
18th-19th C Italian corner display cabinet in gold leaf giltwood and stucco X Rare and in very good condition From an Italian collection
Oil David & Abigail - Tengangel Jan (1620)
TENGNAGEL Jan (1584-1635) Religious scene "David and Abigail" W / CERTIFICATE I have recently seen this previously unknown work in a private collection. Excellent condition, a few insignificant tiny chips, old varnish, the removal of which will surely reveal the picture in a more luminous appearance. The painting shows on the right half king David and his armed retinue with two horses, the king below an umbrella held by a black servant, on the left half the kneeling Abigail, richly clad, two maidens and her suite with loaded donkeys, offering food and drink (I Samuel 25). The competent composition is carefully thought out. Closest to the foreground, the left group is kept lower and is topped by the confined opening into the distance, while the group of David is backed by the tall trees. The story is told very eloquently, the four main actors in the center, vividly coloured, their retinues behind and more subdued, the whole set in a tightly closed landscape with dominant compact trees of a type dear to Lastman. The draperies are strongly accentuated with particular highlights such as the white headgears of the women, in the lateral figures the brushstroke is quite flashy. The appealing theatrical subject was a favorite one in all schools, including the Dutch (Wtewael, Moeyaert). A David and Abigail by Tengnagel is recorded in 1674 in the collection of Andries Bilsteyn, Amsterdam (Schneider, p. 27). The painting appears right away to have its place in the immediate following of Pieter Lastman. Tengnagel was in his time a highly reputed figure on the Amsterdam art scene. A sojourn in Rome in 1608 is documented. During his last decade - he was wealthy, - most of his time was dedicated to the Guild. Characteristic aspects of his style are the richly folded draperies, the expressive poses and gestures of the figures, the dense type of foliage, the particular kind of clouds, the saturated execution altogether. The patriarchal figure of the turbaned protagonist recurs in several of his works. Comparison with Atalante (1610, priv. coll) and Jephta and his Daughter (priv. coll.) provides analogous stylistic traits. On the other hand the figures and the layout do not yet show the insistent plasticity and obsessive close-up of some of his late works. On the base of a handful of signed and dated works, Tengnagel’s oeuvre comprises now some two dozen paintings, several formerly misattributed to Lastman. They suggest an evolution from Elsheimer (whom he may have met when in Rome) and Lastman to a distinctly personal style with explicit figure scenes in tight landscapes. He also received commissions of some group portraits. Close stylistic links with the production of the brothers Jan and Jacob Pynas brothers are underscored by Tengnagel’s mariage with their sister. While future discoveries will most likely deepen our understanding of Tengnatel’s art and its evolution, it is at the present stage of our knowledge convincing to ascribe this painting to him, placing its date in the early phase of his mature production. The most relevant literature on Tengnagel is H. Schneider’s article in Oud Holland 1921, 11-27, A. Tümpel in The Pre-Rembrandtists, exhib. Sacramento, Crocker Art Gallery, 1974, 21-23, and A. Tümpel in Pieter Lastman, Zwolle 1991, 43-51. 12 Dec. 2010
Oil on Canvas - Francois Grenier de Saint Martin
Biography : Francois Grenier de Saint Martin was a painter who showed in the Parisian Salon from 1810 when he presented his version of Atala until his death in 1860 A student of Jacques-Louis David and Pierre Narcisse Guerin, Grenier de St Martin started his career with Napoleonic subject matter but after the Restoration concentrated mainly on genre and peasant scenes. Numerous lithographs such as the "Mauvais sujet et sa famille" , popularized his art in the course of the nineteenth century
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