Isabelle Mulvany

Isabelle Mulvany - 2021 Gouache, Feeling Devilish

2021

An unusual scene with mystical narrative, showing a figure resting in a grassy park by trees, under a bright, moonlit sky. Rows of charmingly naive houses are seen beyond the trees. ...

Presented in a distress effect wood frame with hand-painted motif. Signed. On board.

An accomplished portrait in an unusual style of dry brush worked gouache over graphite underdrawing finished with watercolour wash. The painting shows a portrait of a young man smoki...

A crisp and symbolic Persian School scene in gouache on cotton linen. The scene shows a religious figure, seated in a mountainous landscape, surrounded by animals and trees. The comp...

Linear brush strokes are used in a direct, intuitive style to depict a strong portrait of a figure in sunglasses. Unsigned. On wove.

Signed illegibly. Well presented in a contemporary wood frame. On watercolour paper.

THE HON. MARY SHUTTLEWORTH, NÉE COCKBURN (D. 1777) and her sister ANNA MARIA, 9TH BARONESS FORRESTER (D. 1808) Pastel and gouache on paper laid on canvas, on their original backb...

The portrait shows Mme Silvestre. Born in Paris, Silvestre was the daughter of Charles-Antoine Hérault and his wife Marie-Geneviève, who were her first teachers. In 1706 she married the painter Louis de Silvestre, moving with him in 1716 to Dresden. The couple's daughter Marie-Maximilienne became a pastellist. Silvestre died in Dresden, the year before her husband retired and returned to Paris. Her surviving pastels show the influence of Rosalba Carriera...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed gouache on paper, unframed dated 1953 painting: 21 x 15 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound conditi...

Serge Ferat " Arlequin " , canvas on board signed dated 1930.

Gouache and charcoal on paper, 53cm x 37cm (74cm x 55cm framed). Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso). Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines...

Alfred H. Maurer emerged as an influential crucial figure in the art scene of late 19th-century America, gaining widespread recognition for his innovative Fauvist approach characterized by vibrant colors and expressive brushwork. Departing from his renowned portraits and genre paintings, he delved into Fauvist landscapes, still lifes, and depictions of anonymous individuals. His distinctive technique relied on saturated colors rather than precise lines or forms, allowing him to convey a profound psychological intensity through dynamic, flowing strokes. As he matured as an artist, Maurer pioneered American...