1880s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

A late 19th Century botanical watercolour and gouache of carnations growing in a pot by German born artist Kathi (Ketty) Gilsoul-Hoppe. The painting is signed and dated bottom left and presented under glass in gilded wood frame. A charming composition of carnations (dianthus) growing in a terracotta pot, straight from the greenhouse. Hoppe has managed to capture the floral abandon as the flowers reach for the sky and away from the confinement of their pot. Nice use of shade and a subtle colour palette. This type of botanical art was extremely popular with female artists of the late 19th century and Hoppe was one if it's well known exponents. Though born in Dusseldorf, Germany, from 1872 Hoppe spent most of her life and career in Belgium. Her father, was Édouard Hoppe, himself a former student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf and her sister Jenny was also an artist. Kathi learnt her artistic skills thanks to her father, who was also a noted engraver. Her later teachers were Henri Hendrickx, Édouard Tourteau, at the professional school of Brussels, and Jean-François Portaels. She married the Belgian Impressionist artist Victor Gilsoul...

Raymond Claude-Lafontaine (1866-1914) An artist in his studio, 1886 Signed and dated "sept 86" lover right watercolor on paper 38.5 x 28 cm In go...

Father and Son is an original modern artwork realized in the 19th Century. Original drawing in pencil on paper. Monogrammed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner: F.B....