Rupert Shepherd

The Swedish Girl

mid 20th century

‘What Lovely Lamplight’ by JEAN ROSE B. 1933 Oil on board, signed, 24 x 27 cm Jean Rose was one of the first women students at Corsham, Bath and worked under some of the pos...

'Blue Bowl' by JACQUELINE RIZVI born 1944 NEAC, R.W.S., R.B.A. Pencil, watercolour, bodycolour on paper, 4.75 x 6 ins, titled and artist noted verso. Provenance: Ex Collection ...

'Down a Suffolk Lane' by ROWLAND SUDDABY 1912-1972 Oil on paper, laid on baord, signed. Rowland Suddaby is one of the enduring names of the 20th century landscape group of pai...

The Hill Dwellers' JOHN BOLAM, 1922-2009 Oil on board, 1959, signed and inscribed verso. John Bolam is seen by many as following in the path of the neo-Romantics, most notabl...

This beautiful flower study by Gertrude Harvey captures all the freshness of the new schools of painting emerging in Cornwall at the start of the 20th century. Gertrude was a native...

Barbara Robinson trained at the Slade School of Art in London but left England to settle in the South of France by the late 1950’s. Her interest in p...

GRACIANO MENDILAHARZU Argentinian, 1857 - 1894 "REFLECTION" signed "Mendilaharzu" (lower left) oil on canvas 18-1/4 X 15 inches (46 X 38 cm.) framed: 27-1/4 X 23-3/4 inches (69 X 60...

Oil on canvas Image size: 10 x 30 1/4 inches (25.5 x 77 cm) Original gilt Watts frame This is a head and shoulders portrait of William Ewart Gladstone painted after a photograph tak...

Oil on canvas Image size: 29 1/2 x 24 inches (75 x 61 cm) Period gilt frame This is a notable half length portrait of a navel officer, holding a telescope. He stands wearing a blue ...

Lovely portrait of an elderly Austin couple sitting in a dark toned interior. This work is done in the same loose brushwork style that Wayman Adams is famous for in his portraiture. This painting came out of the artist's Austin estate when he passed away. The piece is signed in the lower left corner and comes in the gold frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 52.25 in. x W 40 in. Artist Biography: Wayman Adams was born in rural Indiana in 1883. His interest in art was cultivated at an early age by his father who was a horse farmer and an amateur artist. At the age of twenty-one Adams moved to Indianapolis to attend the John Herron Art Institute. It was here that Adams began to paint portraits, the subject matter for which he became best known. Having made a name for himself as a portraitist, Adams moved to New York City. While there he took two trips to Europe, the first in 1910 when he traveled to Italy with William Merritt Chase. Two years later he accompanied Robert Henri to Spain where he met fellow artist Margaret Borroughs, whom he married six years later. The couple had one child, a son named Wayman Jr. who was called "Snig." Approaching the canvas, Adams favored the alla prima style of painting that he learned from Chase and Henri. He would paint an entire portrait in one sitting, often only for three to four hours long, rather than over the span of several drafts and sittings. This loose and expressive style of painting gave his images an emotional immediacy, and made the portrait-painting experience more pleasant for the sitter. He became well known as a "lightning" artist and painted many prominent figures such as Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover, tire tycoon B.F. Goodrich, and golfer Bobby Jones. As a portrait artist, Adams traveled throughout the country to fulfill commissions. This was not unusual for portraitists as they relied on wealthy patrons who could afford to commission paintings of themselves and their families. During the winter months, Adams spent a good deal of time in the South, especially in New Orleans. In addition to being a prolific portrait artist, Adams was also a teacher. In 1932 he and Margaret opened and taught at the Old Mill Art Colony in the Adirondack Mountains, and from 1935-36 he taught art in Taxco, Mexico. Adams also acted as a mentor to young Maltby Sykes...

This sweet little boy sits quietly like a well brought up child, but you can see in his eyes how much he likes to run and play. In this sensitive portrait painted in circa 1860 by Fé...

Rick Borens' piece showcases a Native American chief standing in front of a landscape Dimensions without Frame: H: 20in x W: 31.5 in. Artist Bi...