Leo Primavesi

Art Nouveau Ornament with Women

c. 1898

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Striding Neapolitan, 1896, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Inscription: Lower right signed: "Leo Primavesi". Lower right dat...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Reading Lady in a Frilly Dress, c. 1895, Pen drawing Technique: Pen drawing on Paper Date: c. 1895 Keywords: Young woman, study of garm...

Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Hand study of crossed hands, 19th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Date: 19th century Description: Watermark: Coat of arms with i...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Anchored sailing ship, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper Inscription: verso with estate stamp Date...

Trajan Wallis (1794 Florence - 1892 ): Hand study with book, c. 1820, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Date: c. 1820 Description: Watermark: "P. e. C." Provenance: From the est...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Study sheet with mourner, male nude with lifeless female body, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal on Paper Stamp: At the ...

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860 - 1939) Medieval Thoughts, circa 1890 Wash, ink, and watercolor on paper 11 x 9 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Phillips New York, 19th and 20th ce...

Entrance to the temple at Klungkung, Bali, 1925 With studio seal at the reverse, dated and described, bottom left Black chalk on paper, 53 x 46.5 cm In ebonized frame with white mount Willem Otto Wijnand Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...

Weltevreden, Kebon Sirih, & Vlucht voor de bui (Fleeing the rain) Executed between February 20 and March 2, 1918 Double sided drawing in graphite pencil on paper Images: c. 33 x 5...

Four Balinese, 1910 Signed and dated bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 15.6 x 23 cm In ebonized frame with white mount. Literature: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten op Bali, Amsterdam, 1910, p. 36 WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art...

Market under the Banyan tree, 1937 Signed with initials and dated bottom right Pencil and ink on paper, 28 cm x 34.5 cm Literature: Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First ...

Wobbly bridge, Tabanan, Bali, 1937 Signed with initials bottom right and dated, bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 22 x 26.3 cm In ebonized frame with white mount Willem Otto Wi...