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Follower of Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) 18th Century Still Life c1795 Dutch

1795

Circle of Fred MORGAN (1847-1927) c1890 A sensitively painted portrait, possibly a study for a larger work, of a young country girl. Indistinctly signed ** Morgan, possibly Fred. Unfortunately Fred signed in a number of different ways depending on the grandeur of his work. However, a consistent element was the colour, a reddish brown similar to the colour of the signature on this painting. I can offer no provenance with this painting, so I am selling at as circle of Morgan rather than actually by him. “Frederick Morgan ROI was an English painter of portraits, animals, domestic and country scenes. He became known for his idyllic genre scenes of childhood. Morgan was born in London to John Morgan and his wife, Henrietta Hester Clare. His father was a successful genre artist sometimes known as 'Jury Morgan' (after one of his paintings The Gentlemen of the Jury). At the age of 14, he was taken out of school by his father who then tutored him in art. At the age of 16, while still studying with his father, his first picture, The Rehearsal, was exhibited at the Royal Academy, and, after a hiatus of several years, his paintings were shown there regularly. For a while he worked as a portrait artist for an Aylesbury photographer; this training proved to be crucial as it "taught him how to observe closely and to give the greatest attention to detail." Eventually he turned to other subjects for his art, in particular idyllic genre scenes of country life and childhood. For many years, starting in 1874, Thomas Agnew & Sons' purchased all the work he produced. Although an excellent portrait artist, Morgan had problems in depicting pets and barnyard animals - he enlisted the aid of either Arthur John Elsley...

A finely painted picture, possibly of the penitent Mary Magdelane, painted in oil on to a copper plate and dating to c1750. Condition Two old touch ins, tiny chip to the forehead...

Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948) Cannes 1928 A delightful painting of a coastal landscape depicting fishing boats and figures on a beach near Cannes by the French post impressionist artis...

Maurice GRÜN (1869-1947) Barge on a Canal A tranquil canalside painting of a horse-drawn barge by Maurice Grun. Signed bottom left, dating from the end...

A French Post Impressionist reclining nude sensitively painted and dating to the Art Deco period. Pierre Mitiffiot de Belair was born in Lyon, France in 1892. He was the son of Fern...

Robert NYEL (1930-2016) “Ombrelles Dans La Champagne” A symbolist painting of women descending a hillside carrying red parasols mimicking a display of amanita toadstools. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality, the imagination, and dreams. Robert Niel...

Purple, Green, Flowers MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya Kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for the Russia...

Year 1975. Still life. Between Pop Art and radical avant-gardes in Florence. Oil painting on canvas. Size: cm 71x 71 Signed and dated lower right Andrea Chiarantini.`75 The paintin...

Manes has had an extensive career since studying at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hunter College (New York) in 1983. Domestically he has shown cross-country, in museums and galle...

Series: Bowls Paul Manes was born May 4, 1948 in Austin, Texas. He began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. His art has been widely exhibited in America and...

The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...

Still Life of Pink Flowers in a Blue Vase by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Signed lower front and back dated 1984 In its original wooden frame oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto oil and bold colors. very good condition framed: 26 x 20 inches canvas: 25..5 inches x 19.5 inches provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in France. Biography Edouard Righetti : Born July 14, 1924 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes). Died in Paris in December 2001. 20th century. French. Engraver, painter and draftsman of compositions with characters, figures, landscapes, urban landscapes, seascapes, interiors, still lifes, animals, flowers. Édouard Righetti began by taking courses at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montpellier. He then continued his training at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice. In 1949, he met the engraver Edouard Goerg and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in his studio until 1954. There he learned to work with copper, aquatint, etching. at the waist, the drypoint. In 1953 he made a trip to Rome, Florence and Pisa. In 1956 he obtained a two-year scholarship to Casa Velasquez (Madrid). He participates in group exhibitions, among which: 1953, 40,000 years of Modern Art, Paris; 1958,1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, Salon Le Trait; 1959, Galerie Greuze, Paris; 1964, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, as well as at the Salon Pointe et Burin and at the Biennale de Paris. He shows his works in personal exhibitions, including: 1951, Menton; 1953, Galerie Eliane Norbert, Paris; 1961, Galerie Bonaparte, Paris; 1963, 1964, Le Nouvel...