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Period: Early 20th Century
Art Deco Costume Design - Eva
Located in Miami, FL
The paper in some of these photos looks overly textured due to the sharpness of the high-res digital camera.
In person, with the human eye, the paper looks reasonably smooth with out blemishes.
For this fashion illustration, Georges Lepape paints a stunning abstract pattern for the subject dress that is repeated in her hair. The work represents an early use of metallic paint, with silver metallic in the dress and bronze metallic in the blouse. Lepape's highly detailed drawing becomes more evident the closer you look. It's quite amazing how deftly he rendered facial feature on such a small scale. "Eva" 1918 Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper Signed and dated, lower right: '1918' Inscribed, verso: "Costume for L'enfantement du mort, (miracle en pourpre, et or.). Devised by Marcel L'Herbier and performed at the Théatre Edouard VII and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, 1919" Provenance: Ex-collection Lucien...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait of Young Lady in Red - British 20's Impressionist oil painting interior
Located in London, GB
Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette.
Si...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Venetian Canal - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Bouvard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French painter Antoine Bouvard Snr. The work depicts a figure rowing on a gondola beside buildings lining the canal at the ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Octave Linet (1870-1962) Landscape by the river, oil on board signed
By Octave Linet
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Linet (1870-1962)
Landscape by the river,
signed lower left
oil on board
on the back a pencil study of the Virgin and Child
25 x 33 cm
In good condition
In a vintage frame ...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Danseuses a la barre - Impressionist Figurative Pastel - Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative pastel on canvas circa 1910 by French genre painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. The work depicts three ballerinas wearing white tutus, warming up in a studio. Carrier-Belleuse was a contemporary of Edgar Degas and they exhibited simultaneously at the major Salons in Paris. This classic example evokes the Belle Epoque period in french history and is superbly executed.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 29"x24"
Unframed: 26"x21"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and the interior decorative artist Pierre Victor Galland. He started out as an oil painter and produced genre compositions, such as his Final Rendezvous. From 1885, however, he opted to work exclusively in pastel, producing a large number of sketches and portraits but always remaining faithful to his earlier genre compositions. Examples include Pierrot, Harlequin, Woman with Cat. The periodical Figaro Illustré published a large number of his sketches of dancers, a recurrent theme throughout his work.
From 1875, Pierre Carrier-Belleuse exhibited frequently at the Paris Salon, receiving an honourable mention in 1887 and being awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889.
Museum and Gallery Holdings:
Dunkirk: Dancer Adjusting her Shoe (pastel)
Gray: On the Dunes; In the Sun
La Rochelle: Dancer
Le Puy-en-Velay: Fantasy
Mulhouse: Mule's Bonnet
Paris (Municipal Collection): Tender Vow (pastel)
Versailles...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude painting
Located in London, GB
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
55 x 47 cm (21 ⅝ x 18 ½ inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1910
This work is accompanied by a cer...
Category
Fauvist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style
Located in Woodbury, CT
Davis Kemp
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style.
Very well drawn nude study of two women from 1928 in t...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Garstin Cox, Impressionist painting of Cornwall woods in the Fall, Autumn colour
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very dramatically painted view of a woodland scene in the autumn with such vibrant colour and brushwork, typical of this very collectible artist.
Garstin Cox (1892-1933)
Woodland ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Grand Canal Venice Antique 1910 Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Many Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Shipping on the Grand Canal, Venice
signed & dated 1910
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 13 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Europe
condition: basic good condition though w...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style
Located in Woodbury, CT
Davis Kemp
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style.
Very well drawn nude study of two women from 1928 in t...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Damenportrait
Located in Wien, 9
Die Arbeit von Albert Bertalan war ein Spontankauf aufgrund der offensichtlichen Qualität der Arbeit, noch bevor ich etwas über den Künstler recherchieren konnte. Das Label „Ecole de...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lerchenfeldner Gürtel (Vienna)
By Ernst Huber
Located in Wien, 9
Ernst Huber war eine zeitlang am Kunstmarkt aufgrund einer Nachlassauktion so omnipräsent, dass mir etwas das Entdeckungsinteresse an diesem sehr guten Kü...
Category
Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vienna Flower Market oil painting by Emil Barbarini
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 10 ½" x 16" and framed 20 ½" x 26" x 4"
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Painting Stone Bridge Over Busy Rowing Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 13 x 19.5 in...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Historical genre oil painting of a gentleman & his dogs
By Frank Dadd
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Frank Dadd RI
British, (1851-1929)
Time for Supper
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1925
Image size: 19.75 inches x 15.75 inches
Size including frame: 27 inches x 23 inches
A well-exe...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Breton Fishing Scene French Oil Painting on Canvas Fishermen & Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fisherfolk on the Shore
French School, early 1900's
signed with initials HB
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 15.5 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ancient Aqueduct & French City 1930's French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Countryside Landscape
by Edmond Quinton (French 1892-1969) *see notes below
signed lower front corner
oil painting on board/ panel, unframed
size: 10.75 x 13.75 inches
conditi...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sheep Shearers, Tangiers - British 1920's Orientalist figurative oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb vibrant Orientalist Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Norther...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children Playing on The Slide, Ashcan School - Lower East Side
By Jerome Myers
Located in Miami, FL
Immigrant children from New York's Lower East Side are joyfully captured whizzing down on a slide. From the window of a tenement building, a lone adult with child witnesses the foli...
Category
Ashcan School Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nabis School Early 1900s French Oil Painting Lady in Blue Scarf in Floral Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Garden
French School, early 1900's
typical of the Nabis School movement
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16.5 x 16.5 inches
canvas : 14.5 x 14.5 inches
provenanc...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Baigneuses by Paulémile Pissarro - Nude scene, riverscene painting
Located in London, GB
Les Baigneuses by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
89 x 118 cm (35 x 46 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Paulémile - Pissarro. 1928.
This work is accompanied by...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fountains at Pernes Les Fountaines France Impressionist landscape oil painting
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in London, GB
Do you like fountains? Sylvia Gosse certainly did, as the location of this painting is the French town of Pernes Les Fountaines in Provence. The little town has 40 or more fountains, big and small, all serviced by the river Nesque. Gosse was a Camden Town/Sickert School artist and painted this painting circa 1912. It depicts a nocturnal landscape scene with three fountains. The fountains are beautifully illuminated with coloured lights and a large crowd on the banks of the water seem to have gathered to watch this spectacle, some having brought their own chairs. The coloured lights cast beautiful tones of pinky red on to the on lookers. Across the water and beyond a tree covered hill stands an impressive columned building. The vibrant colouring, impasto and brushwork are all superb. This is an excellent example of Gosse's work and Sickert's influence as her mentor and life long freind are evident.
Signed lower left and also signed and titled verso.
Provenance. Private collection of Camden Town Group...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Claire de Lune - Moonlight - British 1916 Impressionist landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Impressionist landscape oil painting is by noted British artist Joseph Vickers de Ville. It is entitled Clair de Lune verso and dated 1916-1919. Clair de Lune, ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
VAN BIESBROECK Jules. Snake charmer. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Algerian women in an interior. Oil on panel. Signed.
This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation.
Jules Van Biesbroeck...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canal Scene, Possibly Paris. Painted Early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
For sale is a captivating painting by the Swedish artist, Rikard Lindström (1882-1943). Depicting a picturesque water canal, with charming houses lini...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Ballerina in the dressing room
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina in the dressing room, 1924. Pastel on painting cardboard, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (frame), signed lower left "Stohner" and dated "[19]24". Behind glass in gold stucco frame of the time.
- Painting cardboard slightly warped, in the lower area minimally stained, frame with age patina and traces of abrasion.
- The Naturalness of Artificiality -
We see a ballerina putting on her right ballet shoe while the left one is still lying on the floor in front of her. It is precisely the casualness of the scene that gives it its intimacy: the blonde young woman is completely absorbed in the activity of getting ready for the dance, oblivious to us, while we are positioned right in front of her in the dressing room, inaccessible to the audience, watching her dress. Even though she does not yet perform a dance step, there is a graceful elegance in the action shown that seems quite natural in contrast to the rehearsed art form of dance. The young woman is not presenting herself to an audience in a perfectly formed movement, but is performing an everyday action, unaware that she is being watched. Concentrated, almost devotional, she pulls the ballet slipper over the verses, not noticing that one of the straps of the tutu has slipped off her shoulder, reinforcing the erotic moment of the scene.
Inspired by Edgar Degas, Karl Stohner has painted the scene in strong pastel tones. The dominant blues and turquoises give the scene a magical, mysterious quality and, like the pink of the stockings and ballet slippers, are borrowed from Degas's dancers. Degas's colors, however, are cooler tempered, which is particularly evident in the light impasto applied incarnate. This is where the vividness of Auguste Renoir comes into play, making the dancer seem entirely flesh and blood. Karl Stohner, who has studied the pastels of Degas and Renoir intensively, combines the two artists here to create his own pictorial language.
He has laid out the background in broad layers of strokes, ranging in color from white to turquoise to dark blue. The result is a dynamic, pattern-like structure that contrasts with the woman's calm, inward-looking posture. The fund anticipates the dynamics of the choreography of the dance for which the ballerina is preparing. At the same time, the broad pastel line in the background is an adequate means of painting to depict the soft, flowing elegance of the dancer.
About the artist
Against the wishes of his wealthy parents, Karl Stohner decided to become a painter. His talent was discovered by the director of the Mannheim Art Gallery, Fritz Wichert, who supported him from then on, including financing study trips to Paris. There he discovered the art of Degas, Cézanne and Renoir, which inspired his work.
GERMAN VERSION
Karl Stohner (1894 Mannheim - 1957 Paris), Ballerina im Ankleideraum, 1924. Pastell auf Malkarton, 65 x 45 cm, 77,5 x 59,5 (Rahmen), unten links mit „Stohner“ signiert und auf „[19]24“ datiert. Hinter Glas im Goldstuckrahmen der Zeit.
- Malkarton leicht verzogen, im unteren Bereich minimal fleckig, Rahmen mit Alterspatina und Abriebspuren
- Die Natürlichkeit der Kunstform -
Wir sehen eine Ballerina, die sich den rechten Ballettschuh anzieht, während der linke noch vor ihr auf dem Boden liegt. Gerade aus der Beiläufigkeit der Szenerie speist sich ihre Intimität: Die blonde...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Forest Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Servan - Brittany - Post Impressionist Landscape by Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed post impressionist landscape oil on panel by French painter Henri le Sidaner. The work depicts a nighttime view of the bay at Saint Servan, Brittany in the north of France. Th...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1930's Portrait of a French Gentleman of Character Wearing Black Hat & Moustache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, circa 1920's-1930's period
Portrait of a Characterful Gentleman wearing a wide rimmed black hat and sporting a moustache
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 19.5 x 11.5 in...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yelow tulips. Colorful expressionist still-life: flowers, tea try. Oil on canvas
Located in Segovia, ES
Yelow tulips (Tulipanes amarillos). Oil on canvas by Chico Montilla.
Measurements: (H) 81 x (W) 100 x 2 cm. Framed 104 x 123 x 6 cm.
Colorful expressionist still-life with flowers a...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Man in Hat Seated on Ground Stylish 1920's French Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Man
by Maurice Georges Poncelet (French, 1897-1978)
oil painting on board, signed initials - datedf 1929
11 x 14 inches
condition: overall good and sound though a little ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Russian Judaica Oil Painting Jewish Pogrom Refugees Signed in Cyrillic
Located in Surfside, FL
In the tradition of the Jewish European artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Moritz Oppenheim, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Jakob Steinhardt, Jehudo Epstein, Stanislaus Bender...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Donkey Herd
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Donkey Herd" c.1920 is an oil painting on cardboard by noted Italian artist Arcangelo Salvarani, 1882-1953. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Frederick Dielman (American) - Late 19th century portrait painting - Female
Located in Varmo, IT
Frederick Dielman (Hanover 1847 – Washington 1935) - Portrait of a woman.
57x45cm.
Oil on canvas, unframed.
Work signed: "Frederick Dielman".
Condition report: Painting subjected...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Rudolf KLINGSBÖGL Austrian Viennese painter and teacher. Chassidic rebbe with Shtreimel.
Klingsbogl was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops, pubs and cellars. His style is very distinctive. rare to find good jewish work that survived the holocaust as so much of it was destroyed.
Other works by Rudolf Klingsbogl (sometimes known as Klingsberg}: Rabbis Studying Around a Table, The Huntsman, The Pet Bird, Blacksmith Interior Scene, Three Men with Chat and Drink, The Sailors, The Old Drinker, Debating the News, Sunday Afternoon, Man Looking at Pocket Watch. Game of Cards in a Tavern, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a Child, Franz Schubert at the Piano, Johann Strauss (The Younger).
Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting and blessing a child in a European marketplace...
Category
Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's English Impressionist Oil Painting Farmer Feeding Pigs in Sty large work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Feeding the Pigs"
by Sunderland Rollinson (British Impressionist artist, 1872-1958)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cane Pole Fishing, Original Magazine Cover Art, American Illustration, Sporting
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Meade Prince (American, 1893-1951)
Signed: Will Meade Prince (Lower, Right)
" Cane Pole Fishing ", 1934
Oil on Canvas
20" x 23"
Housed in its Original 1 3/4" Period Toole...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spanish landscape oil on board painting Spain painter
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board
Oil mesures 11.5x19 cm.
Frame measures 22x28 cm.
Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círcu...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rugby Players early 20th Century by Jean Lascoumes
Located in FR
Rugby Players early 20th Century
By Jean Lascoumes b1937
He studied at Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and then in Paris (U.F.R. d'Arts Plastiques de Paris)
He...
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rialto Bridge in Venice by Louis Degallaix
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas representing a bridge in Venice. The painting is signed Degallaix dated 1926.
Very sensitive touch in a watercolor style.
DEGALLAIX louis
Born in Saint-Quentin, XIX °....
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Family Portrait in Market - British 1914 art Post Impressionist oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish female artist Amy Julia Drucker. Of German descent, Drucker was born in England i...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Orientalist Watercolour Paintings by Hans Jacob Hansen
By Hans Jacob Hansen
Located in London, GB
Pair of Orientalist watercolour paintings by Hans Jacob Hansen
British, c. 1900
Panel: Height 33cm, width 54cm
Frame: Height 46cm, width 67cm, depth 3cm
Painted by Hans Jacob Hanse...
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Painting Two Paths Colliding
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed initials
oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 13...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1920's French Portrait of Fashionable Young Lady in Dapper Headpiece Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Fashionable Lady
French School, indistinctly signed "Degucret"?
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 25.5 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Subway Construction
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Subway Construction, c. 1928, oil on board, 19 x 15 ¾ inches, signed upper left, artist and title verso; exhibited: 1) 12th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York NY, from March 9 to April 1, 1928, no. 864 (original price $250) (see Death Prevailing Theme of Artists in Weird Exhibits, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), March 8, 1928); 2) Boston Tercentenary Exhibition Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Boston MA, July, 1930, no. 108 (honorable mention - noted verso); 3) 38th Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, June, 1931 (see Alexander, Mary, The Week in Art Circles, The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 7, 1931); and 4) National Art Week Exhibition [Group Show], Montross Gallery, New York, New York, December, 1940 (see Devree, Howard, Brief Comment on Some Recently Opened Exhibitions in the Galleries, The New York Times, December 1, 1940)
About the Painting
Ernest Stock’s Subway Construction depicts the excavation of New York’s 8th Avenue line, which was the first completed section of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND). The groundbreaking ceremony was in 1925, but the line did not open until 1932, placing Stock’s painting in the middle of the construction effort. The 8th Avenue line was primarily constructed using the “cut and cover” method in which the streets above the line were dug up, infrastructure was built from the surface level down, the resulting holes were filled, and the streets reconstructed. While many artists of the 1920s were fascinated with the upward thrust of New York’s exploding skyline as architects and developers sought to erect ever higher buildings, Stock turned his attention to the engineering marvels which were taking place below ground. In Subway Construction, Stock depicts workers removing the earth beneath the street and building scaffolding and other support structures to allow concrete to be poured. Light and shadow fall across the x-shaped grid pattern formed by the wooden beams and planks. It is no surprise that critics reviewing the painting commented on Stock’s use of an “interesting pattern” to form a painting that is “clever and well designed.”
About the Artist
Ernest Richard Stock was an award-winning painter, print maker, muralist, and commercial artist. He was born in Bristol, England and was educated at the prestigious Bristol Grammar School. During World War I, Stock joined the British Royal Air Flying Corps in Canada and served in France as a pilot where he was wounded. After the war, he immigrated to the United States and joined the firm of Mack, Jenny, and Tyler, where he further honed his architectural and decorative painting skills. During the 1920s, Stock often traveled back and forth between the US and Europe. He was twice married, including to the American author, Katherine Anne Porter. Starting in the mid-1920s, Stock began to exhibit his artwork professionally, including at London’s Beaux Arts Gallery, the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Whitney Studio and various locations in the Northeast. Critics often praised the strong design sensibility in Stock’s paintings. Stock was a commercial illustrator for a handful of published books and during World War II, he worked in the Stratford Connecticut...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
R. Neale - Folk Art 1919 Oil, Beached
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming coastal scene depicting the idyllic Cornish beach of Porth, Newquay. In the foreground a beached boat sits by a large house by the sea. Signed, titled and dated. Inscribed...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Paris Sunday Outdoor Market Landscape Figurative Painting
By A. Veschi
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2519a Oil on artist board displayed in a painted wood frame
Image size 10x12.5"
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Manner of Adolphe Gumery (1861-1943) - 1920 Oil, Moroccan Street Scene
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful and interesting study depicting a street seller carrying hot tea. Figures mill about the street and men can be seen hiding from the hot sun in the shade of a shop. Signed...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boulevard De Clichy - Post Impressionist City Landscape Painting by Albert Andre
By Albert Andre
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled figures in cityscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by post impressionist painter Albert Andre. This stunning and good-sized work depicts a view of the Boulevard de Clichy, a famous street in the city of Paris, France on what appears to be a sunny but cool day.
Signature:
Signed lower left and titled & dated on original label verso
Dimensions:
Framed: 29"x35"
Unframed: 22"x28"
Provenance:
New York, Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Albert André, 1 February -18 February, 1921
He came to Paris in 1889 as an industrial designer. At the age of 23 he enrolled at the studio of William Bouguereau at the Académie Julian, where he met Ranson, Louis Valtat and the young poet and dramatist Henry Bataille, who at the time was training as a painter. He illustrated L'étang de Berre by Charles Maurras and Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère. He produced cartoons for tapestries...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Augustus Mulready "Visitors to London"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Augustus Mulready "Visitors to London" 1844 - 1905
Member of the Cranbrook colony painting figurative street scenes, regular exhibito royal Academy. Oil on board. Sig...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Grands Boulevards - Post Impressionist City Landscape Oil by Lucien Adrion
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Lucien Adrion. The painting depicts people going about their daily lives on the streets of P...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Historical genre oil painting of a couple eloping
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Jules Girardet
French, (1856-1938)
Le Coeur a des Raisons
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 41 inches x 33 inches
Size including frame: 50.25 inches x ...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Painting with Scene of Domestic Concertino, early 20th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Signed in lower left hand corner.
Inside a rural kitchen, a farming family indulges in a festive moment: the father plays the mandolin, listened...
Category
Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Oil Painting Red Town Landscape With Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 19 x 13 inch...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"La Belle Epoque", Original Jules Chèret oil on board painting, 13x9 in., Figure
By Jules Chéret
Located in Dallas, TX
Jules Cheret (May 31, 1836 - September 23, 1932) was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of poster art. Often called the father of the modern poster. This piece is ...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage French Oil Painting Busy Red Town With Figures Holding Umbrellas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
dated 1939
Size: painting: 13...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting Lady Rowing In Pink Dappled Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953)
Title: Impressionist oil painting
Medium: signed initials oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed.
Size: painting: 13 ...
Category
Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) - Moonlight Over Krokvattnet (near Glafsfjorden)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) was a Swedish artist known for his portraits, romantic landscape paintings of Värmland, and caricature drawings. We are privi...
Category
Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas