Amphion's Lyre and the Muses Painting by Rodger Schardner

Still Life motif by French artist Zene Fountayne. Oil on canvas featuring a motif of a hat, flowers and draped fabric. His work was exhibited at the 1930 Salon of the Independents of...

Oil painting signed by Wilhelm Lefebre titled "Paradise Garden". From, Paris, 1930. Oil on canvas with original decorative frame.

Organic, abstract painting by Bernard Herzog, Titled "Orange Reflections". Gauche on canvas, newly framed. Signed and dated on bottom righ...

Titled "The Harbor at Low Tide". Signed by Bernard Buffet on top right hand corner and dated, 1972, on top left. Hand-painted motif on stitched wool gives the illusion of a tapestry....

Large wall art of musical instruments with harp, banjo, guitar, and piano among a nature background with vines, birds and butterflies. Painted on wool textile. Signed Jean Picart Le ...

Oil painting depicting summer beach scene. Signed by Martin Lindenau on lower right hand side. Decorative frame with gold leaf.

Decorative large painting by Hanoi artist, "The Muse", circa 2007.

"AN ARTIST AND HIS MUSE" (1856) BY HENDRIK FRANS SCHAEFELS (BELGIAN, 1827-1904) Signed and dated lower right; early illegible label verso w/ old gallery labels; in oil on panel Item # 911GMZ09 A quiet scene depicting an artist waiting for inspiration, staring absently at his canvas with his brush at the ready while engaging with a young woman. The room is dark and dusky with a heavy atmosphere of light softened after bouncing off of the surface of tapestries and life-size sculptures before providing illumination to this corner of the room. Executed in oil on panel, the scene is signed “Hendrik Schaefels 1856“ in the lower right corner and the reverse of the panel retains an old yellowed label with a nearly illegible hand written inscription that perhaps describes the painting - the notation of 1856 can be made out and it appears to be signed “Richards“. Old gallery labels are scattered around the edges. Hendrik Frans Schaefels was born in Antwerp in December of 1827 to Hendrik Raphael Schaefels, an artist and teacher of decorative arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. He studied landscape painting under Jan Baptiste de Jonghe and marine painting under Jakob Albrecth Michael Jacobs at the Academy; Jacobs' influence on his painting was significant and remained evident in his lifelong affinity for seascape paintings as well as his taste for broad-scale romantic compositions. From 1842-1844 he worked in the studio of cityscape painter Jan Michiel Ruyten. In 1844, a seascape painting by the 17 year old Schaefels was accepted at the tri-annual Salon in Antwerp. In 1849, the full view of Jacobs' influence could be seen in Schaefels powerful romantic submission of “Battle of the Avenger“ to the Paris Salon. Schaefels was very effective at satisfying the Romantic idealism that gripped Belgium during the early years of his career, as public interest in scenes of greatness, glory and notable historical events was heightened by the recent establishment of Belgium as an independent state in 1830. While he excelled at these powerful scenes, Schaefels was very effective at more modest works, producing a volume of genre figure paintings and exquisite cityscapes. He also worked as an illustrator and was well regarded for his significant contribution to the revival of etching in Antwerp. Relevant Literature: *E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Vol. XII, Gründ, 2006, p. 523-24 *Dictionary of Belgian Painters Born Between 1750 and 1875, Berko & Berko Museum Collections: *Philadelphia Museum of Art [collection of 18 etchings] *Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago [“Faust and Margaret“ (1863)] *RISD Museum [“Return of the Sea Beggars“ (1876)] *Leeds Museums and Galleries [“The Death of Nelson...

Italian (19th Century) oil painting of 2 classically dressed women in front of a fountain of a dolphin by the ocean in a carved ornate giltwood frame titled: "A Musical Interlude" (s...

An elegant and sophisticated example of high style Art Deco eglomise painting, this depiction of a stylized Orpheus figure with lyre and cape is painted in rich tones of gold, black ...

Great and superb oil on canvas period Empire. Measures: 120cm x 160cm!   

Painting Pair "The Sacred" and "The Profane" by Kevin Paulsen. Created with plaster and pigment on theatrical fabric, laid on board. Available individually for $8,000. per painting...