Sydney Horne Shepherd

'Reclining Nude', Glasgow School of Art, Dundee, Post-Impressionist Figural

Circa 1960

Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and painted circa 1965. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Janet Ament studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, the Los Angeles Art Center, and at the Otis Art Institute. After World War II, she traveled abroad and continued her studies first with André L’Hote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Paris) and, subsequently, at the Accademia di Belle Arte (Rome) and the Academie des Belles Artes de San Jorge (Barcelona). Ament exhibited internationally with success, including at The Salon d'Automne (1954), The Salon Des Artes Decoratifs (1955), the Museum of Modern Art, Paris (1955), the Gallier Charpentier (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A long-time member of the Carmel Art Association, she is listed in all relevant art reference works. Reference: Art & Artists: Carmel – Monterey...

Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A bravura pencil study of a young woman in an overcoat, shown stand...

Signed lower right, 'Ament' for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and titled, 'Helene'; additionally bearing artist's estate stamp verso. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz...

'Seated Nude' by Victor Di Gesu. Paris, Louvre, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Académie Chaumière, San Francisco Museum of Art, California Fauve ----- Estate stamp, verso, for Vi...

Watercolor by Louis Berthommé Saint-André, France, circa 1925 This exquisite watercolor by Louis Berthommé Saint-André, dating from around 1925, exemplifies the artist's mastery in ...

Green Nude Woman's Torso in Watercolor on Paper Vibrant nude torso watercolor by artist David Stephens (American, 20th century). A nude woman with arms raised is shown against a viv...

Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Charcoal on paper 31.3 x 24.2 cm (12 ⅜ x 9 ½ inches) Signed lower right, L.Rodo This work of art is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated by Lélia Pissarro. Artist biography: Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro, born in Paris in 1878, was Camille Pissarro’s fourth son. Encouraged by his father, he began drawing from nature at an early age. He was familiarly known as “Rodo” and generally signed his works "Ludovic-Rodo", or early on in his career simply "Rodo". The impact of Camille’s art and teaching on Rodo was considerable. His artistic production encompassed a wide range of media, including oil painting, tempera, watercolour, gouache, wood engraving, drawing and lithography. Rodo exhibited regularly at the Salon des Indépendants over a forty-year period. In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Rodo published his first wood engravings in the anarchist journal, Le Père Peinard. When Camille left France for the safety of Belgium during the anarchist upheavals of the same year, Rodo joined him there. Rodo moved into his first studio in Montmartre with his brother Georges in 1898. Works of this early important period until just after the death of his father in 1903 were post-impressionist and clearly painted under the influence of his father. By 1904 living in Paris, he found the nightlife and the habitués of the cafes, theatres, circuses and cabarets compelling subjects for his work and changed dramatically the style of his painting, affiliating himself to the Fauve artists. Rodo became close to artists such as Kees Van Dongen, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy. In 1905 he participated in the first Fauve exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants. In 1907 he visited Van Dongen in Rotterdam and the two artists continued to paint together, something they often did in Paris. In 1914 he married, though he never had children. Later that year at the outbreak of the War Rodo moved to England. Over the next seven years he lived mainly in and around West London. He worked closely with his brother Lucien to establish in 1915 the Monarro Group, formed with the aim of exhibiting work by contemporary artists inspired by Impressionism. Many of the works produced by Rodo while he was in England were of London landmarks but, he was also interested in the urbanisation of West London. After 1921, when Rodo had already returned to France, he divided his time between Paris and Les Andelys in Normandy, living and working closely with his elder brother Georges Manzana. Despite his rich artistic heritage and his achievements as an artist, Rodo is perhaps best remembered for his contribution to art history. For ten years he researched and compiled a catalogue of his father’s paintings...

THIS WORK IS SOLD UNFRAMED Yvonne debout by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Pencil on paper 30.5 x 26 cm (12 x 10 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower centre, P...