Ed Smith

Old South

2023

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

Joel Sager (1980) was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the son of a minister and a stay-at-home mother who fostered from an early age his love of drawing and painting. It was under th...

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

“In June (Im Juni)” Julius Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958) Oil on canvas Signed and dated “1913,” titled on reverse 18 ½ x 23 1/4 (27 1/4 x 31...

"Cows at Rest in Front of the Barn" Michael Therkildsen (Danish, 1850 - 1925) Oil on canvas 9 x 14 3/4 (15 3/4 x 21 1/4 frame) inches Signed lower left The son of farmer Hans Micha...

Original Painting of Horses feeding in a Field in the English Countryside at Winter by British Artist, Dennis Harper, ( b. 1940) British Artist known f...

This wonderful Post Impressionist exhibited horses portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Edgar Downs. Painted in 1912 it was exhibited the same year at the Royal Academy London. The painting is of two magnificent horses, one white one brown, waiting patiently while a man leans over to open the gate. Beyond is a canopy of trees. The impressionist brushwork and strong impasto create a light which is vibrant and colourful. This is an excellent example of Downs' work and one can see his infinity with the natural world. Signed and date lower right. Provenance. Exhibited at the Royal Academy London 1912 no. 789. Condition. Oil on canvas, image size is 36 inches by 30 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a complementary frame 44 inches by 38 inches and in good condition. Edgar Downs, ROI, (1876–1963) was a British painter, known for painting agricultural scenes. Downs was born on 12 October 1876 at Claughton, Birkenhead, the son of William Downs. He was educated at Birkenhead School and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and received a silver medal there. He exhibited paintings called Our Daily Bread and The Edge of the Bog at the Royal Academy in 1911, when his address was given as 12 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, London. His other addresses included Arun House at Clymping, West Sussex, and latterly Mudeford, Hampshire where he died. During World War I, he served as a war artist, including spells at Gallipoli in 1915 and Salonica in 1916. He was assigned to the 1st County of London Yeomanry in July 1918. One of his paintings made at this time hangs in the Headquarters of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry. Two of his works, Gathering Kelp (1914) and Cattle Ploughing in an Open Landscape (c. 1914), are in the collection of Fordingbridge Town Council at Fordingbridge Town Hall. He was a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters ("ROI"), the London Sketch...