Hervens Jacques

The Drive in the Village of Lissewege, Jacques Hervens, 1890 – 1928, Signed

1920

View of Villa Discopoli, Capri Artist 19th - 20th century Signature: Signed by monogram bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 67 x 99 cm, frame size 87,50 x 118 cm Provenance: Villa Discopoli is one of the most exquisite examples of twentieth century architecture on the island in Italy. The first owner of the Villa was a close friend of Axel Munthe, Swedish-born medical doctor and psychiatrist. She sold the property in 1970 and the main part of the Villa into several self contained apartments, Gardenia, Hydrangea, Agapanthu, Oleander of exquisite charm and beauty: . During Capri’s Romantic period it was host to several intellectuals: Rainer Maria Rilke ( Prague, Czechia 1875 – Montreux, Switzerland 1926) , a Bohemian-Austrian German-language poet and novelist, was one of its prestigious inhabitants. Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach...

Van Der Smissen Leo Dendermonde 1900 – 1966 Bruges Belgian Painter Autumn in Bruges – Gruuthusebrug Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 50 x 70 cm Biography: Van der Smissen Leo was born in Dendermonde on June 20, in 1900. He lived in Bruges, and he was a Belgian painter and one of important Bruges School artists. His brother Frans Van der Smissen (1894-1964) was a sculptor. Leo was a painter of town views, sturdy of trees, landscapes, church interiors, still lifes, marines, interiors, portraits, and some nudes. He acts as a colourist, who practices sobriety. His preference, woodland scenes, a genre in which he has climbed to a solid refinement, particularly specific are the depiction of the tree trunks. His works, brushed concisely and boldly, betray a strong hand that bends the colour ranges to his will and he can adapt to all kinds of subjects. Leo studied at the Bruges Academy of Fine Arts (1913 – 1919) with master teacher and artist Flori Van Acker and won several first prizes there. He studied also at Ghent Academy of Fine Arts (1920 – 1921) with master teachers Godron and Karel Tremerie and later at Dendermonde Academy of Fine Arts (1923 – 1924). Initially strongly influenced by the style of Courtens and the Dendermonde School, under the guidance of painter Ferdinand Willaert he evolved towards to Luminism. In 1930 Leo was married and had three daughters, two children died in early age. Leo van der...

A Walk in the Park Martin Alfred Luik 1888 – 1950 Stavelot Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Pastel on board Dimensions: Image size 34 x 50 cm, frame size 45,5...

River Landscape Clesse Louis Brussels 1889 – 1961 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left Dimensions: Image size 31 x 40 cm, frame size 47 x 56 cm Medium: Oil on panel Biography: Clesse Louis Liévin Théophile was born on June 15 in 1889 in Ixelles (Brussels). He was a Belgian Post-Impressionist and Realist painter of landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and portraits. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He received advice and encouragement from master teachers and artists Alfred Bastien...

Landscape with a Bridge of Saint Nicolas in Chiny Clesse Louis Brussels 1889 – 1961, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on pane...

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Signed post impressionist landscape oil on canvas by French painter Henri Le Sidaner. This stunning piece depicts two fishing boats moored in a fishing village at sunset. The last l...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE L'Orne au Pont de Vey by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm (15 x 18 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower ...

Femmes Maroccaines by Marcel Dyf (1899-1985) Oil on canvas 60.5 x 73 cm (23 ⁷/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Dyf 1957

Louis Eilshemius', American (1864 -1941), early works were influenced by the Barbizon School and Corot among others. This oil on canvas painting from 1890-1910 is from the era when h...

Signed post impressionist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 but Polish painter Nathan Grunsweigh. The work depicts a view of the bridge over the River Seine in Paris. A beautifully...

*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE La Plage d'Houlgate en Auge (Normandie) by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 ⅛ x 21 ⅝ inc...