Carl August Walther

Notre Dame de Paris

1911

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Ruined houses in San Gimignano, crumbling brick buildings, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: White heightened Charcoal and Chalk o...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Landscape with trees by the sea, 20th century, Pencil Technique: Pencil on Paper Inscription: lower left with estate stamp Date:...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): View of Osterfeld with the Luther Church (Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt), 1948, Charcoal Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Pap...

George Augustus Wallis (1761 Merton (London) - 1847 Florence): Italian Landscape: Homestead in front of Mountains, 19th century, Pencil Technique: White heightened Pencil on Paper ...

Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Lakescape with Poplars, Surrealistic Landscape, 20th century, Charcoal Technique: White heightened Charcoal on Paper Stamp: Lower...

Leo Primavesi (1871 Cologne - after 1937 ): Nature piece with trees and cloud play, 20th century, Watercolor Technique: Watercolor on Paper Inscription: signed at the bottom: "Leo ...

Stone statue in the temple at Madura, India, 1914 Signed with initials and dated, bottom left Pencil on paper, 25.4 x 16.7 cm Literature: Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W.O.J. ...

Graveyard with in the background the Borobudur, 1937 Signed with initials and dated bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 33 x 29 cm In ebonized frame with white mount Literature: ...

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...

Part of the ring-wall of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1914 Signed with initials and dated bottom right Black chalk on paper, 45.5 x 53 cm Literature: Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbro...

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...