Guðmundur Thoroddsen

Professor and Friend Tasting Beer

2014

“What he has learned from the art of the museums, Cobb has fully assimilated and modified in the development of his own personal vision. And while enriched by these historical perspe...

Bearing Victor Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Watercolor figurative showing an abstracted view of a woman standing in an interior holding a pitcher, with a table...

Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...

Born in Szeged, Hungary, he became one of the better known and successful illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration, completing over 100 books. Among them are "A Treasury of Verse for Little Children," "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." He is probably best known for pen and ink drawings of mythology subjects geared towards children. He studied at Budapest Technical University and attended art schools in Munich and Paris before moving to London at age 23. In 1907, he began illustrating children's books and did a series of annual gift books...

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache over Graphite Signature: Signed "E.M. Ashe" Lower Left "The Bachelor Girls' Christmas." Illustration for unknown publication. Not dated.

Wraxwall, 2024 by Manuel Santelices From the Interiors series Ink and watercolor on paper Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W Unframed A new series inspired by architecture, décor and s...